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Medium ALSA-2026:1617 3 CVEs

Moderate: kernel security update

Published Feb 2, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: net/sched: mqprio: fix stack out-of-bounds write in tc entry parsing (CVE-2025-38568)
* kernel: ASoC: Intel: bytcr_rt5640: Fix invalid quirk input mapping (CVE-2025-40154)
* kernel: devlink: rate: Unset parent pointer in devl_rate_nodes_destroy (CVE-2025-40251)

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 74

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-core 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-core 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-devel 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-modules 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-modules-core 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-devel 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-modules 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-modules-core 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-modules-extra 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-abi-stablelists 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-core 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-cross-headers 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-core 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-devel 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-modules 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-modules-core 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-modules-extra 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-uki-virt 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-devel 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-doc 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-headers 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-modules 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-modules-core 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-modules-extra 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-core 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-debug 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-debug-core 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-devel 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-modules 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-modules-core 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-devel 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-modules-core 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-devel 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-modules-extra 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-tools 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-tools-libs 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-tools-libs-devel 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-uki-virt 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-uki-virt-addons 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-core 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-devel 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-modules 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 libperf 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 perf 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 python3-perf 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 rtla 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 rv 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7

Vulnerabilities 3

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2025-38568

    net/sched: mqprio: fix stack out-of-bounds write in tc entry parsing

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: mqprio: fix stack out-of-bounds write in tc entry parsing TCA_MQPRIO_TC_ENTRY_INDEX is validated using NLA_POLICY_MAX(NLA_U32, TC_QOPT_MAX_QUEUE), which allows the value TC_QOPT_MA…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • High 7.8
    CVE-2025-40251

    devlink: rate: Unset parent pointer in devl_rate_nodes_destroy

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: devlink: rate: Unset parent pointer in devl_rate_nodes_destroy The function devl_rate_nodes_destroy is documented to "Unset parent for all rate objects". However, it was only calling the driv…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2025-40154

    ASoC: Intel: bytcr_rt5640: Fix invalid quirk input mapping

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: Intel: bytcr_rt5640: Fix invalid quirk input mapping When an invalid value is passed via quirk option, currently bytcr_rt5640 driver only shows an error message but leaves as is. This m…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38568
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40154
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40251
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2389507
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2414494
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2418892
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-1617.html