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High 1 exploited CVE ALSA-2026:36645 3 CVEs

Important: kernel update

Published Jul 8, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: eventpoll: defer struct eventpoll free to RCU grace period

(CVE-2026-43074)

* kernel: eventpoll: fix ep_remove struct eventpoll / struct file UAF

(CVE-2026-46242)

* kernel: Linux kernel: netfilter: ebtables SNAT target writes to shared memory pages during ARP hardware address rewrite (CVE-2026-53266)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* kernel: Linux kernel: netfilter: ebtables SNAT target writes to shared memory pages during ARP hardware address rewrite [almalinux-9.8.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-182344)
* [AlmaLinux 9] Bonding reports unknown speed/duplex for tg3 interface [almalinux-9.8.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-182768)

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 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-core 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-core 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-devel 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-modules 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-modules-core 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-devel 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-modules 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-modules-core 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-64k-modules-extra 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-abi-stablelists 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-core 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-cross-headers 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-core 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-devel 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-modules 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-modules-core 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-modules-extra 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-debug-uki-virt 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-devel 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-doc 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-headers 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-modules 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-modules-core 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-modules-extra 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-core 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-debug 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-debug-core 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-devel 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-modules 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-modules-core 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-devel 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-modules-core 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-devel 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-rt-modules-extra 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-tools 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-tools-libs 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-tools-libs-devel 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-uki-virt 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-uki-virt-addons 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-core 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-devel 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-modules 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 libperf 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 perf 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 python3-perf 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 rtla 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 rv 5.14.0-687.23.1.el9_8

Vulnerabilities 3

  • High 8.8
    CVE-2026-53266 Exploited Public exploit

    netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable The ebtables SNAT target keeps the Ethernet source address rewrite behind skb_ensure_writable(skb, 0). This is intentional: at the bridge…

    KEV Sep 18, 2026
  • High 7.8
    CVE-2026-43074 Public exploit

    eventpoll: defer struct eventpoll free to RCU grace period

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventpoll: defer struct eventpoll free to RCU grace period In certain situations, ep_free() in eventpoll.c will kfree the epi->ep eventpoll struct while it still being used by another concurr…

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2026-46242 Public exploit

    eventpoll: fix ep_remove struct eventpoll / struct file UAF

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventpoll: fix ep_remove struct eventpoll / struct file UAF ep_remove() (via ep_remove_file()) cleared file->f_ep under file->f_lock but then kept using @file inside the critical section (is_…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43074
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46242
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53266
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2467019
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2483519
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2485368
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-36645.html