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CVE-2025-38471VulnerabilityPublished 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 5 Nov 2026, 19:33 UTC

Severity
High

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

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 25 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 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

A security update is available from Red Hat for the kpatch-patch-5_14_0-570_17_1 module. Systems running affected versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 should apply the update as per Red Hat's guidance and reboot the system to ensure the patch takes effect. Refer to Red Hat's official article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 for detailed update instructions.

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-2025-38471. The issue involves the kernel's TLS implementation where the queue was not always refreshed when reading a socket. This update is rated as Important by Red Hat Product Security and requires a system reboot to take effect.

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