Use After Free Affecting kernel-devel-matched package, versions <0:5.14.0-687.12.1.el9_8


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-KERNELDEVELMATCHED-12185324
  • published25 Aug 2025
  • disclosed22 Aug 2025

Introduced: 22 Aug 2025

CVE-2025-38653  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:9 kernel-devel-matched to version 0:5.14.0-687.12.1.el9_8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-devel-matched package and not the kernel-devel-matched package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

proc: use the same treatment to check proc_lseek as ones for proc_read_iter et.al

Check pde->proc_ops->proc_lseek directly may cause UAF in rmmod scenario. It's a gap in proc_reg_open() after commit 654b33ada4ab("proc: fix UAF in proc_get_inode()"). Followed by AI Viro's suggestion, fix it in same manner.

CVSS Base Scores

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