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High ALSA-2026:23259 1 CVE

Important: kernel-rt security update

Published Jun 4, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: Linux kernel: smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions (CVE-2026-46243)

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 10

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.129.1.rt7.470.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-553.129.1.rt7.470.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug 4.18.0-553.129.1.rt7.470.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-553.129.1.rt7.470.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-devel 4.18.0-553.129.1.rt7.470.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-553.129.1.rt7.470.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.129.1.rt7.470.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-devel 4.18.0-553.129.1.rt7.470.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-553.129.1.rt7.470.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.129.1.rt7.470.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.1
    CVE-2026-46243 Public exploit

    smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions cifs.spnego key descriptions contain authority-bearing fields such as pid, uid, creduid, and upcall_target that cifs.upcall treats as ke…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46243
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2481486
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-23259.html