Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security and bug fix update
Affects Red HatSource GCVE Database
Mentioned vulnerabilities
Not known to be exploited : upgrade to 9.3 when convenient.
Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 7% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 9.3
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 1 May 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.
What to do
Upgrade Red Hat to 9.3.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
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| Red Hat Product Security Red Hat | Affected
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AI-suggested
Red Hat has released an official security update for kernel-rt in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support that addresses CVE-2024-25742 and CVE-2024-25743. Users should apply the update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) and reboot their systems to ensure the fixes take effect. This update also includes additional bug fixes and source tree updates. No further action is required beyond applying this official patch and rebooting.
Description
A moderate severity security update has been released for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time kernel (kernel-rt) addressing vulnerabilities identified as CVE-2024-25742 and CVE-2024-25743. These vulnerabilities relate to AMD hardware instructions raising #VC exceptions at exit. The update also includes bug fixes and updates to the RT source tree for RHEL 9.2. Systems running affected versions must apply the update and reboot to mitigate the issues.