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Medium ALSA-2026:6053 2 CVEs

Moderate: kernel security update

Published Mar 30, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: kernel: Privilege escalation or denial of service via use-after-free in nf_tables_addchain() (CVE-2026-23231)
* kernel: Linux kernel (qla2xxx): Double free vulnerability leads to denial of service and potential privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-71238)

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 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-abi-stablelists 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-doc 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1

Vulnerabilities 2

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2026-23231 Public exploit

    netfilter: nf_tables: fix use-after-free in nf_tables_addchain()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: fix use-after-free in nf_tables_addchain() nf_tables_addchain() publishes the chain to table->chains via list_add_tail_rcu() (in nft_chain_add()) before registering hook…

  • Unscored —

    scsi: qla2xxx: Fix bsg_done() causing double free

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix bsg_done() causing double free Kernel panic observed on system, [5353358.825191] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ff5f5e897b024000 [5353358.825194] #PF: superv…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-71238
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23231
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2444376
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2444398
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2026-6053.html