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Mageia 9: MGASA-2025-0079 critical security issue kernel buffer overflow

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Calendar Grey February 26, 2025
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Mageia 2025-0080 advisory addresses vulnerabilities in the kernel, kmod-vmware, and kmod-iptables-extensions, enhancing system security and stability.
Upstream kernel version 6.6.79 fixes bugs and vulnerabilities

Summary

Upstream kernel version 6.6.79 fixes bugs and vulnerabilities. The kmod-virtualbox and kmod-xtables-addons packages have been updated to work with this new kernel. For information about the vulnerabilities see the links.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34023

- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.75

- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.76

- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.77

- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.78

- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.79

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21687

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21688

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21689

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21690

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21691

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21692

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21699

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21700

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21701

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue kernel update bug fix security patch system fix Mageia kmod-xtables-addons kmod-virtualbox

Resolution

SRPMS

- 9/core/kernel-6.6.79-1.mga9

- 9/core/kmod-virtualbox-7.0.24-67.mga9

- 9/core/kmod-xtables-addons-3.24-73.mga9

Severity
critical
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Critical

Publication date: 26 Feb 2025
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2025-0079.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2025-21687, CVE-2025-21688, CVE-2025-21689, CVE-2025-21690, CVE-2025-21691, CVE-2025-21692, CVE-2025-21699, CVE-2025-21700, CVE-2025-21701

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue kernel update bug fix security patch system fix Mageia kmod-xtables-addons kmod-virtualbox

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