# ELSA-2025-18281: Security update for 29 packages ELSA-2025-18281, released October 20, 2025, fixes 7 CVEs across 29 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High. - Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/elsa-2025-18281 - Platform: Linux - Released: Oct 20, 2025 - Priority: High (Closes CVE-2025-38566, high severity) - CVEs: 7, exploited: 0, on CISA KEV: 0 - Vendor advisory: https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-18281.html ## Applies to | Product | Release | Fixed in | |---|---|---| | [kernel](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [kernel-abi-stablelists](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-abi-stablelists.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [kernel-core](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-core.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [kernel-cross-headers](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-cross-headers.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [kernel-debug](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-debug.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [kernel-debug-core](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-debug-core.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [kernel-debug-devel](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-debug-devel.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [kernel-debug-devel-matched](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-debug-devel-matched.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [kernel-debug-modules](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-debug-modules.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [kernel-debug-modules-core](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-debug-modules-core.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [kernel-debug-modules-extra](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-debug-modules-extra.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [kernel-debug-uki-virt](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-debug-uki-virt.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [kernel-devel](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-devel.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [kernel-devel-matched](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-devel-matched.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [kernel-doc](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-doc.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [kernel-headers](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-headers.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [kernel-modules](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-modules.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [kernel-modules-core](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-modules-core.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [kernel-modules-extra](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-modules-extra.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [kernel-tools](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-tools.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [kernel-tools-libs](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-tools-libs.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [kernel-tools-libs-devel](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-tools-libs-devel.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [kernel-uki-virt](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-uki-virt.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [kernel-uki-virt-addons](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-uki-virt-addons.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [libperf](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/libperf.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [perf](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/perf.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [python3-perf](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/python3-perf.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [rtla](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/rtla.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | | [rv](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/rv.md) | ol 9 | 0:5.14.0-570.55.1.0.1.el9_6 | ## CVEs this fix closes | CVE | Priority | Title | CVSS | EPSS | Exploitation | |---|---|---|---:|---:|---| | [CVE-2025-38566](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2025-38566.md) | High | sunrpc: fix handling of server side tls alerts | 8.1 | 0.0063 | | | [CVE-2025-39841](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2025-39841.md) | High | scsi: lpfc: Fix buffer free/clear order in deferred receive path | 7.8 | 0.0048 | | | [CVE-2025-38571](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2025-38571.md) | High | sunrpc: fix client side handling of tls alerts | 8.1 | 0.0035 | | | [CVE-2025-39849](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2025-39849.md) | High | wifi: cfg80211: sme: cap SSID length in __cfg80211_connect_result() | 7.8 | 0.0022 | | | [CVE-2025-22026](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2025-22026.md) | High | kernel-core: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: n... | 7.5 | 0.0021 | | | [CVE-2022-50087](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2022-50087.md) | High | bpftool: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: n... | 7.8 | 0.0020 | | | [CVE-2025-39817](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2025-39817.md) | High | efivarfs: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in efivarfs_d_compare | 7.6 | 0.0017 | | --- Data as of 2026-11-08T13:06:02Z 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 Free to use with attribution: show "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar" with a link to https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar. Terms, including what needs a written agreement: https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar/use-the-data Product names, logos and trademarks shown on Patch Radar belong to their respective owners. They are used only to identify the software each security fix applies to and to help readers find their platform. Their use does not imply any affiliation with, or endorsement by, those owners, and Patchblox is not affiliated with any of them.