INFSA-2025:18298: kernel-rt security update
Information about definition
Identificator: INFSA-2025:18298
Type: security
Release date: 2025-10-31 14:14:20 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-2023-53373
The flaw is in the seqiv IV generator and can lead to a use-after-free when backlogged crypto requests return -EBUSY. Triggering it is easier locally by flooding the kernel crypto API (e.g. via AF_ALG or many concurrent AEAD requests) because the attacker must create backlog conditions. Remote triggering is much harder and only realistic for specific configurations (for example an in-kernel IPsec/TLS path that uses seqiv for AEAD). In practice this means an unprivileged local user with access to the kernel crypto interface is the most likely threat vector, while a remote attacker would need the target to both use seqiv and be inducible into heavy crypto backlog.
- CVE-2025-39757
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Validate UAC3 cluster segment descriptors.
- CVE-2025-39751
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: hda/ca0132: Fix buffer overflow in add_tuning_control.
Severity level
| CVE | Score CVSS 2.0 | Score CVSS 3.x | Score CVSS 4.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
NIST — CVE-2023-53373
|
no information | 7.1 | no information |
|
NIST — CVE-2025-39751
|
no information | 7.0 | no information |
|
NIST — CVE-2025-39757
|
no information | 7.1 | no information |
Updated packages