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Three security updates have been released for AlmaLinux 8: two kernel security updates (ALSA-2025:16372 and ALSA-2025:16373) with a moderate severity rating and one additional kernel security update (ALSA-2025:15785) with an Important severity rating. The first two updates address vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, including a TOCTOU issue and a HID core vulnerability. The third update addresses four separate issues, including a USB packet length limit and a notification handling bug.

ALSA-2025:16372: kernel security update (Moderate)
ALSA-2025:16373: kernel-rt security update (Moderate)
ALSA-2025:15785: kernel security update (Important)




ALSA-2025:16372: kernel security update (Moderate)


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AlmaLinux: 8
Type: Security
Severity: Moderate
Release date: 2025-09-24

Summary:

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: vsock: Fix transport_* TOCTOU (CVE-2025-38461)
* kernel: do_change_type(): refuse to operate on unmounted/not ours mounts (CVE-2025-38498)
* kernel: HID: core: Harden s32ton() against conversion to 0 bits (CVE-2025-38556)

For 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.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-16372.html

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ALSA-2025:16373: kernel-rt security update (Moderate)


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AlmaLinux: 8
Type: Security
Severity: Moderate
Release date: 2025-09-24

Summary:

The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: vsock: Fix transport_* TOCTOU (CVE-2025-38461)

For 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.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-16373.html

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ALSA-2025:15785: kernel security update (Important)


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AlmaLinux: 8
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2025-09-23

Summary:

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: net: usb: smsc75xx: Limit packet length to skb->len (CVE-2023-53125)
* kernel: net/sched: Always pass notifications when child class becomes empty (CVE-2025-38350)
* kernel: idpf: convert control queue mutex to a spinlock (CVE-2025-38392)
* kernel: drm/gem: Acquire references on GEM handles for framebuffers (CVE-2025-38449)

For 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.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-15785.html

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