# ELSA-2025-16880: Security update for 29 packages

ELSA-2025-16880, released September 29, 2025, fixes 5 CVEs across 29 products. One of them is being exploited (CVE-2025-39682); 1 on CISA KEV. Patch Radar priority: Patch now.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/elsa-2025-16880
- Platform: Linux
- Released: Sep 29, 2025
- Priority: Patch now (Closes CVE-2025-39682, exploited (CISA KEV))
- CVEs: 5, exploited: 1, on CISA KEV: 1
- Vendor advisory: https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-16880.html

## Applies to

| Product | Release | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| [kernel](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [kernel-abi-stablelists](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-abi-stablelists.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [kernel-core](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-core.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [kernel-cross-headers](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-cross-headers.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [kernel-debug](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-debug.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [kernel-debug-core](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-debug-core.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [kernel-debug-devel](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-debug-devel.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [kernel-debug-devel-matched](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-debug-devel-matched.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [kernel-debug-modules](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-debug-modules.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [kernel-debug-modules-core](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-debug-modules-core.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [kernel-debug-modules-extra](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-debug-modules-extra.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [kernel-debug-uki-virt](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-debug-uki-virt.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [kernel-devel](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-devel.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [kernel-devel-matched](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-devel-matched.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [kernel-doc](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-doc.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [kernel-headers](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-headers.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [kernel-modules](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-modules.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [kernel-modules-core](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-modules-core.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [kernel-modules-extra](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-modules-extra.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [kernel-tools](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-tools.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [kernel-tools-libs](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-tools-libs.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [kernel-tools-libs-devel](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-tools-libs-devel.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [kernel-uki-virt](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-uki-virt.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [kernel-uki-virt-addons](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-uki-virt-addons.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [libperf](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/libperf.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [perf](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/perf.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [python3-perf](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/python3-perf.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [rtla](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/rtla.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |
| [rv](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/rv.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.0.1.el9_6 |

## CVEs this fix closes

| CVE | Priority | Title | CVSS | EPSS | Exploitation |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---|
| [CVE-2025-39682](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2025-39682.md) | Patch now | tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list | 9.8 | 0.0320 | CISA KEV |
| [CVE-2025-38472](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2025-38472.md) | High | netfilter: nf_conntrack: fix crash due to removal of uninitialised entry | 7.5 | 0.0046 |  |
| [CVE-2025-38527](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2025-38527.md) | High | smb: client: fix use-after-free in cifs_oplock_break | 7.8 | 0.0046 |  |
| [CVE-2025-39698](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2025-39698.md) | High | kernel: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.  Security Fix(es):  * kernel: n... | 7.5 | 0.0020 |  |
| [CVE-2025-38718](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2025-38718.md) | High | sctp: linearize cloned gso packets in sctp_rcv | 7.8 | 0.0017 |  |

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Data as of 2026-11-07T12:40:37Z 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
