RHSA-2025:23424 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security update
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Published · December 17, 2025
Updated · October 30, 2026
Topic
An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.
Security Fix(es):
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kernel: scsi: qla2xxx: Wait for io return on terminate rport (CVE-2023-53322)
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kernel: wifi: cfg80211: fix use-after-free in cmp_bss() (CVE-2025-39864)
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kernel: nbd: fix incomplete validation of ioctl arg (CVE-2023-53513)
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kernel: tcp: Clear tcp_sk(sk)->fastopen_rsk in tcp_disconnect() (CVE-2025-39955)
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kernel: tcp: Don't call reqsk_fastopen_remove() in tcp_conn_request() (CVE-2025-40186)
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.