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Medium ALSA-2026:52761 1 CVE

Moderate: kernel-rt security update

Published Aug 10, 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: iio: event: Fix event FIFO reset race (CVE-2026-64496)

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 4.18.0-553.154.1.rt7.495.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-553.154.1.rt7.495.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug 4.18.0-553.154.1.rt7.495.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-553.154.1.rt7.495.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-devel 4.18.0-553.154.1.rt7.495.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-553.154.1.rt7.495.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.154.1.rt7.495.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-devel 4.18.0-553.154.1.rt7.495.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-553.154.1.rt7.495.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.154.1.rt7.495.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.1

    iio: event: Fix event FIFO reset race

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: event: Fix event FIFO reset race `iio_event_getfd()` creates the event file descriptor with `anon_inode_getfd()`, which allocates a new fd, creates the anonymous file and installs it in …

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-64496
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2507193
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-52761.html