INFSA-2025:14439: kernel-rt security update
Information about definition
Identificator: INFSA-2025:14439
Type: security
Release date: 2025-09-11 14:13:13 UTC
Information about package
The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.
Vulnerabilities description
- CVE-2025-22058
A memory overflow vulnerability exists within the Linux kernel's networking subsystem. Specifically, an application can set the SO_RCVBUF socket option to its maximum value (INT_MAX), which triggers an integer overflow within the udp_rmem_release() function during socket closure. The udp_destruct_common() purges its receive queue and sums up skb->truesize in the queue. This total is calculated and stored in a local unsigned integer variable. The total size is then passed to udp_rmem_release() to adjust memory accounting. Due to the function taking a signed integer argument, the total size can wrap around, causing a memory overflow condition, potentially leading to system instability.
Severity level
CVE | Score CVSS 2.0 | Score CVSS 3.x | Score CVSS 4.0 |
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NIST — CVE-2025-22058
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no information | 7.1 | no information |
Updated packages