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High ALSA-2026:71213 8 CVEs

Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published Sep 23, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: drm/amdgpu: Fix use-after-free race in VM acquire (CVE-2026-43370)
* kernel: mac802154: llsec: add skb_cow_data() before in-place crypto (CVE-2026-63831)
* kernel: sctp: don't free the ASCONF's own transport in DEL-IP processing (CVE-2026-64564)
* kernel: ASoC: SOF: ipc3-control: Validate size in snd_sof_update_control (CVE-2026-72261)
* kernel: xfrm: ah6: validate routing header segments_left (CVE-2026-80844)
* kernel: net: tun: bound receive headroom (CVE-2026-81000)
* kernel: scsi: qla2xxx: Bound rsp_info_len to avoid OOB sense-data read (CVE-2026-89846)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* sctp: prevent peer transport count overflow [almalinux-8.10.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-216297)

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 25

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 bpftool 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-abi-stablelists 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-core 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-cross-headers 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug-core 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug-devel 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug-modules 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-devel 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-doc 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-headers 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-modules 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-tools 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-tools-libs 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-tools-libs-devel 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump-core 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump-devel 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump-modules 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 perf 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 python3-perf 4.18.0-553.167.1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 8

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2026-64564 Public exploit

    sctp: don't free the ASCONF's own transport in DEL-IP processing

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: don't free the ASCONF's own transport in DEL-IP processing sctp_process_asconf() caches the transport the ASCONF chunk is processed against in asconf->transport (== chunk->transport, se…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • Critical 9.1
    CVE-2026-89846

    scsi: qla2xxx: Bound rsp_info_len to avoid OOB sense-data read

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Bound rsp_info_len to avoid OOB sense-data read In qla2x00_status_entry(), the FWI2 status path advances sense_data and shrinks par_sense_len by rsp_info_len: if (IS_FWI2_CAPAB…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • High 8.8
    CVE-2026-63831

    mac802154: llsec: add skb_cow_data() before in-place crypto

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mac802154: llsec: add skb_cow_data() before in-place crypto llsec_do_encrypt_unauth(), llsec_do_encrypt_auth(), llsec_do_decrypt_unauth(), and llsec_do_decrypt_auth() all perform in-place cry…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu
  • High 8.8
    CVE-2026-74469 Public exploit

    sctp: prevent peer transport count overflow

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: prevent peer transport count overflow sctp_assoc_add_peer() increments the association's 16-bit transport_count for every new unique peer. Adding the 65,536th transport wraps the count …

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • High 7.8
    CVE-2026-43370

    drm/amdgpu: Fix use-after-free race in VM acquire

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: Fix use-after-free race in VM acquire Replace non-atomic vm->process_info assignment with cmpxchg() to prevent race when parent/child processes sharing a drm_file both try to acqu…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu
  • High 7.8
    CVE-2026-72261

    ASoC: SOF: ipc3-control: Validate size in snd_sof_update_control

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: SOF: ipc3-control: Validate size in snd_sof_update_control In snd_sof_update_control(), firmware-provided cdata->num_elems is checked against local_cdata->data->size but never against t…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu
  • High 7.8
    CVE-2026-81000 Public exploit

    net: tun: bound receive headroom

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: tun: bound receive headroom tun_get_user() uses tun->align both as skb headroom and when choosing how much packet data to keep linear. OVS can propagate an oversized headroom request fro…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2026-80844 Public exploit

    xfrm: ah6: validate routing header segments_left

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: ah6: validate routing header segments_left AH6 rearranges routing-header addresses before computing or verifying the ICV. ipv6_rearrange_rthdr() assumes that segments_left is not larger…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43370
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-63831
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-64564
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-72261
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-80844
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-81000
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-89846
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2468244
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2502243
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2510890
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2516527
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2528676
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2532176
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2535391
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-71213.html
  • report
    https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-74469.html