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CVE-2025-38089VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch-5_14_0-570_17_1 security update

Affects Red Hat kpatch-patch-5_14_0-570_17_1Source GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 09:16 UTC

Severity
High

Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 5 Aug 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 patch in the form of a kernel live patch module kpatch-patch-5_14_0-570_17_1 for the affected kernel version 5.14.0-570.17.1.el9_6. Systems should apply this update following Red Hat's guidance and reboot the system to activate the patch. No other mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.

Description

A security update for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel live patch module kpatch-patch-5_14_0-570_17_1 addresses a vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-38089. The flaw involves improper handling of SVC_GARBAGE during svc authentication processing in the kernel's sunrpc component, which is now treated as an authentication error. This update requires a system reboot to take effect and targets multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 variants on x86_64 and ppc64le architectures.

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