Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security update
Affects Linux kernelSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 10:36 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 33% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 15 May 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: 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 29 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released an official security update for the kernel-rt packages that addresses CVE-2024-53141 by adding the missing range check. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support should apply the update as detailed in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:7732. A system reboot is required for the update to take effect. No additional mitigation actions are specified or required beyond applying the official patch and rebooting.
Description
A security vulnerability (CVE-2024-53141) was identified in the kernel-rt packages of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support. The flaw involves a missing range check in the netfilter ipset component's bitmap_ip_uadt function. This could potentially lead to improper handling of data within the kernel's networking subsystem. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory and released an update to address this issue. Systems must be rebooted after applying the update for the fix to take effect.