Issued at: 2025-12-23
Updated at: 2025-12-29
Synopsis
Important: kernel security update
Description
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: clone_private_mnt(): make sure that caller has CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the right userns (CVE-2025-38499)
* kernel: iommufd: Fix race during abort for file descriptors (CVE-2025-39966)
* kernel: tls: wait for pending async decryptions if tls_strp_msg_hold fails (CVE-2025-40176)
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.