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High 1 exploited CVE ALSA-2026:13566 5 CVEs

Important: kernel security update

Published May 4, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: Linux kernel: Use-after-free in traffic control (act_ct) may lead to denial of service or privilege escalation (CVE-2026-23270)
* kernel: nfsd: fix heap overflow in NFSv4.0 LOCK replay cache (CVE-2026-31402)
* kernel: Linux kernel: Use-after-free in bonding driver leads to denial of service (CVE-2026-31419)
* kernel: crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place (CVE-2026-31431)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-abi-stablelists 6.12.0-124.55.1.el10_1
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-doc 6.12.0-124.55.1.el10_1

Vulnerabilities 5

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2026-31431 Exploited Public exploit EPSS 98%

    crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place This mostly reverts commit 72548b093ee3 except for the copying of the associated data. There is no benefit in operating in-place in algif…

    KEV May 1, 2026
  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2026-31402 Public exploit

    nfsd: fix heap overflow in NFSv4.0 LOCK replay cache

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: fix heap overflow in NFSv4.0 LOCK replay cache The NFSv4.0 replay cache uses a fixed 112-byte inline buffer (rp_ibuf[NFSD4_REPLAY_ISIZE]) to store encoded operation responses. This size…

  • High 7.8

    net/sched: Only allow act_ct to bind to clsact/ingress qdiscs and shared blocks

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: Only allow act_ct to bind to clsact/ingress qdiscs and shared blocks As Paolo said earlier [1]: "Since the blamed commit below, classify can return TC_ACT_CONSUMED while the curren…

  • High 7.8

    net: bonding: fix use-after-free in bond_xmit_broadcast()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bonding: fix use-after-free in bond_xmit_broadcast() bond_xmit_broadcast() reuses the original skb for the last slave (determined by bond_is_last_slave()) and clones it for others. Concu…

  • Unscored —

    crypto: algif_aead - Fix minimum RX size check for decryption

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: algif_aead - Fix minimum RX size check for decryption The check for the minimum receive buffer size did not take the tag size into account during decryption. Fix this by adding the re…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23270
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31402
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31419
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31431
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2448745
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2454844
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2457829
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2460538
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2026-13566.html
  • report
    https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43077.html