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Medium ALSA-2026:2722 7 CVEs

Moderate: kernel security update

Published Feb 16, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: ntb_hw_switchtec: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in switchtec_ntb_mw_set_trans (CVE-2023-53034)
* kernel: smc: Fix use-after-free in __pnet_find_base_ndev() (CVE-2025-40064)
* kernel: Linux kernel: Out-of-bounds write in fbdev can lead to privilege escalation, information disclosure, or denial of service. (CVE-2025-40304)
* kernel: Linux kernel: Information disclosure and denial of service via out-of-bounds read in font glyph handling (CVE-2025-40322)
* kernel: NFSv4/pNFS: Clear NFS_INO_LAYOUTCOMMIT in pnfs_mark_layout_stateid_invalid (CVE-2025-68349)
* kernel: svcrdma: use rc_pageoff for memcpy byte offset (CVE-2025-68811)
* kernel: nvme-tcp: fix NULL pointer dereferences in nvmet_tcp_build_pdu_iovec (CVE-2026-22998)

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 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-core 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-core 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-devel 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-modules 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-modules-core 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-devel 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-modules 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-modules-core 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-modules-extra 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-abi-stablelists 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-core 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-cross-headers 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-core 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-devel 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-modules 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-modules-core 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-modules-extra 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-uki-virt 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-devel 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-doc 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-headers 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-modules 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-modules-core 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-modules-extra 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-core 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-debug 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-debug-core 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-devel 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-modules 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-modules-core 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-devel 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-modules-core 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-devel 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-modules-extra 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-tools 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-tools-libs 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-tools-libs-devel 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-uki-virt 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-uki-virt-addons 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-core 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-devel 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-modules 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 libperf 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 perf 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 python3-perf 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 rtla 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux · 9 rv 5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7

Vulnerabilities 7

  • Critical 9.8

    svcrdma: use rc_pageoff for memcpy byte offset

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: svcrdma: use rc_pageoff for memcpy byte offset svc_rdma_copy_inline_range added rc_curpage (page index) to the page base instead of the byte offset rc_pageoff. Use rc_pageoff so copies land w…

  • High 7.8

    smc: Fix use-after-free in __pnet_find_base_ndev().

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smc: Fix use-after-free in __pnet_find_base_ndev(). syzbot reported use-after-free of net_device in __pnet_find_base_ndev(), which was called during connect(). [0] smc_pnet_find_ism_resource(…

  • High 7.8

    fbdev: Add bounds checking in bit_putcs to fix vmalloc-out-of-bounds

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: Add bounds checking in bit_putcs to fix vmalloc-out-of-bounds Add bounds checking to prevent writes past framebuffer boundaries when rendering text near screen edges. Return early if t…

  • High 7.5

    NFSv4/pNFS: Clear NFS_INO_LAYOUTCOMMIT in pnfs_mark_layout_stateid_invalid

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSv4/pNFS: Clear NFS_INO_LAYOUTCOMMIT in pnfs_mark_layout_stateid_invalid Fixes a crash when layout is null during this call stack: write_inode -> nfs4_write_inode -> pnfs_layoutcommit_inode…

  • High 7.5

    nvme-tcp: fix NULL pointer dereferences in nvmet_tcp_build_pdu_iovec

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-tcp: fix NULL pointer dereferences in nvmet_tcp_build_pdu_iovec Commit efa56305908b ("nvmet-tcp: Fix a kernel panic when host sends an invalid H2C PDU length") added ttag bounds checking…

  • High 7.1

    ntb_hw_switchtec: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in switchtec_ntb_mw_set_trans

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntb_hw_switchtec: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in switchtec_ntb_mw_set_trans There is a kernel API ntb_mw_clear_trans() would pass 0 to both addr and size. This would make xlate_pos negative. [ 23…

  • High 7.1

    fbdev: bitblit: bound-check glyph index in bit_putcs*

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: bitblit: bound-check glyph index in bit_putcs* bit_putcs_aligned()/unaligned() derived the glyph pointer from the character value masked by 0xff/0x1ff, which may exceed the actual font…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53034
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40064
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40304
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40322
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68349
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68811
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-22998
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2360239
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2406747
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2419870
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2419902
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2424880
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2429116
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2432671
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-2722.html