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Rocky Linux RLSA-2025-21917 Moderate Update for Kernel NFS i40e

Moderate: kernel security update. {"type": "TYPE_SECURITY", "shortCode": "RL", "name": "RLSA-2025:21917", "synopsis": "Moderate: kernel security update", "severity": "SEVERITY_MODERATE", "topic": "An update is available for kernel.\nThis update affects Rocky Linux 8.\nA Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list", "description": "The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* kernel: NFS: Fix a race when updating an existing write (CVE-2025-39697)\n\n* kernel: i40e: fix idx validation in config queues msg (CVE-2025-39971)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.", "solution": null, "affectedProducts": ["Rocky Linux 8"], "fixes": [{"ticket": "2393481", "sourceBy": "Red Hat", "sourceLink": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2393481", "description": ""}, {"ticket": "2404108", "sourceBy": "Red Hat", "sourceLink": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2404108", "description": ""}], "cves": [{"name": "CVE-2025-39697", "sourceBy": "MITRE", "sourceLink": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39697", "cvss3ScoringVector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "cvss3BaseScore": "7.5", "cwe": "CWE-362"}, {"name": "CVE-2025-39971", "sourceBy": "MITRE", "sourceLink": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39971", "cvss3ScoringVector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H", "cvss3BaseScore": "7.6", "cwe": "CWE-787"}], "references": [], "publishedAt": "2025-11-27T09:05:07.610407Z", "rpms": {"Rocky Linux 8": {"nvras": ["bpftool-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "bpftool-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm","kernel-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "kernel-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.src.rpm", "kernel-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "kernel-abi-stablelists-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm", "kernel-core-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "kernel-core-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "kernel-debug-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "kernel-debug-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "kernel-debug-core-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "kernel-debug-core-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "kernel-debug-devel-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "kernel-debug-devel-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "kernel-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "kernel-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "kernel-debug-modules-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "kernel-debug-modules-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "kernel-debug-modules-extra-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "kernel-debug-modules-extra-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "kernel-devel-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "kernel-devel-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "kernel-doc-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm", "kernel-modules-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "kernel-modules-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "kernel-modules-extra-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "kernel-modules-extra-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "kernel-tools-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "kernel-tools-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "kernel-tools-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "kernel-tools-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "kernel-tools-libs-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "kernel-tools-libs-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm","kernel-tools-libs-devel-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "kernel-tools-libs-devel-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "perf-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "perf-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "perf-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "perf-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "python3-perf-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "python3-perf-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "python3-perf-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "python3-perf-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm"]}}, "rebootSuggested": false, "buildReferences": []}. A kernel security update for Rocky Linux 8 addresses moderate vulnerabilities including issues in NFS and i40e.. Rocky Linux kernel security update NFS i40e. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Nov 27, 2025 Rocky Linux