# ALSA-2025:17509: Security update for 4 packages

ALSA-2025:17509, released October 7, 2025, fixes 1 CVE across 4 products. One of them is being exploited (CVE-2025-41244); 1 on CISA KEV. Patch Radar priority: Patch now.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/alsa-2025-17509
- Platform: Linux
- Released: Oct 7, 2025
- Priority: Patch now (Closes CVE-2025-41244, exploited (CISA KEV))
- CVEs: 1, exploited: 1, on CISA KEV: 1
- Vendor advisory: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALSA-2025:17509

## Applies to

| Product | Release | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| [open-vm-tools](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/open-vm-tools.md) | almalinux 8 | 12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
| [open-vm-tools-desktop](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/open-vm-tools-desktop.md) | almalinux 8 | 12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
| [open-vm-tools-salt-minion](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/open-vm-tools-salt-minion.md) | almalinux 8 | 12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |
| [open-vm-tools-sdmp](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/open-vm-tools-sdmp.md) | almalinux 8 | 12.3.5-2.el8_10.1 |

## CVEs this fix closes

| CVE | Priority | Title | CVSS | EPSS | Exploitation |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---|
| [CVE-2025-41244](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2025-41244.md) | Patch now | open-vm-tools: VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious local actor w... | 7.8 | 0.0863 | CISA KEV |

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Data as of 2026-11-07T06:34:28Z UTC. Source: Patchblox Patch Radar (https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar). Patchblox finds out-of-date software on Windows, macOS and Linux and updates it through release rings: https://patchblox.com/demo