freebsd-update(8) and kernel patch levels (was: ipfw vulnerability periodic notification)

Reply: Marco Moock : "Re: freebsd-update(8) and kernel patch levels (was: ipfw vulnerability periodic notification)"
In reply to: Marco Moock : "ipfw vulnerability periodic notification"
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From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 09:55:20 UTC

On 24/01/2026 06:11, Marco Moock wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I receive periodic notifications for an ipfw vulnerability in 15.0.
> CVE-2025-14769
>
>  From what I read, this is fixed in 15.0 already.
> https://comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc.narkive.com/V4ouZJqf/cve-2025-14769-in-15-vulnerable-or-not
>
> Can someone confirm that here and explain why 15 is still listed, so
> periodic notifies me?
>
> $ freebsd-version -kru
> 15.0-RELEASE
> 15.0-RELEASE
> 15.0-RELEASE-p1

For CVE-2025-14769 and kernel patch levels, some of Colin Percival's 
comments under 
<https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1qdvw52/is_kernel_143_p7_missing_for_arm64_freebsdupdate/> 
may be relevant.