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High ALSA-2026:85321 19 CVEs

Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published Oct 19, 2026 · Updated Nov 6, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: openvswitch: defer tunnel netdev_put to RCU release (CVE-2026-31678)
* kernel: xfrm: espintcp: do not reuse an in-progress partial send (CVE-2026-52935)
* kernel: sctp: diag: reject stale associations in dump_one path (CVE-2026-52917)
* kernel: tipc: fix slab-use-after-free Read in tipc_aead_decrypt_done (CVE-2026-63801)
* kernel: sctp: fix race between sctp_wait_for_connect and peeloff (CVE-2026-63971)
* kernel: usb: typec: tcpm: bound altmode_desc[] per iteration in svdm_consume_modes() (CVE-2026-63962)
* kernel: sctp: avoid auth_enable sysctl UAF during netns teardown (CVE-2026-68162)
* kernel: tipc: clear sock->sk on the failed-insert path in tipc_sk_create() (CVE-2026-68117)
* kernel: sctp: auth: verify auth requirement when auth_chunk is NULL (CVE-2026-68300)
* kernel: sctp: validate stream count in sctp_process_strreset_inreq() (CVE-2026-68315)
* kernel: Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix advertising data UAFs (CVE-2026-74509)
* kernel: sctp: keep chunk->transport in step with the list it is queued on (CVE-2026-74588)
* kernel: sctp: validate cookie AUTH state before use (CVE-2026-74752)
* kernel: smb: client: reject a tree connect response whose byte count is too small (CVE-2026-89631)
* kernel: smb: client: fix OOB read/write from unvalidated DataOffset in coalesce_t2() (CVE-2026-89633)
* kernel: signal: Prevent exec() race (CVE-2026-98256)
* kernel: exec: Cleanup POSIX timers right after de_thread() (CVE-2026-98260)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* [10.2.z] kselftests: mm: hugepage-mremap: Bail out! mremap: Expected failure, but call succeeded (JIRA:AlmaLinux-181987)
* [IBM 10.3 FEAT] zcrypt driver overwrite function - kernel part [almalinux-10.2.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-245336)
* Batch: z-stream xfrm - rhel-10.2.z (NST-Core-26W38) (JIRA:AlmaLinux-256678)
* RHIVOS - [backport] S32G Driver Enablement - USB (JIRA:AlmaLinux-257228)
* Fix pending kernel issues for L1VH GA - Kernel (JIRA:AlmaLinux-267038)
* Backport 6785011f8b16 ("ipv4: validate checksum_start before completing checksum") [almalinux-10.2.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-280590)

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 75

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-64k 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-64k-core 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-64k-debug 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-64k-debug-core 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-64k-debug-devel 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-64k-debug-modules 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-64k-debug-modules-core 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-64k-devel 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-64k-devel-matched 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-64k-modules 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-64k-modules-core 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-64k-modules-extra 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-abi-stablelists 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-core 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-cross-headers 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-debug 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-debug-core 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-debug-devel 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-debug-devel-matched 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-debug-modules 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-debug-modules-core 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-debug-modules-extra 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-debug-uki-virt 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-devel 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-devel-matched 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-doc 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-headers 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-modules 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-modules-core 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-modules-extra 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-modules-extra-matched 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-rt 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-rt-64k 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-rt-64k-core 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-rt-64k-debug 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-rt-64k-debug-core 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-rt-64k-devel 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-rt-64k-modules 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-rt-64k-modules-core 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-rt-debug 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-rt-debug-devel 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-rt-debug-modules 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-rt-debug-modules-core 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-rt-devel 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-rt-modules-core 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-rt-modules-extra 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-tools 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-tools-libs 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-tools-libs-devel 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-uki-virt 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-uki-virt-addons 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-zfcpdump 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-zfcpdump-core 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-zfcpdump-devel 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-zfcpdump-modules 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 libperf 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 perf 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 python3-perf 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 rtla 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux · 10 rv 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2

Vulnerabilities 19

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2026-68117

    tipc: clear sock->sk on the failed-insert path in tipc_sk_create()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: clear sock->sk on the failed-insert path in tipc_sk_create() When tipc_sk_create() fails to insert the new socket (tipc_sk_insert() returns non-zero), its error path frees the sk with s…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu
  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2026-68300

    sctp: auth: verify auth requirement when auth_chunk is NULL

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: auth: verify auth requirement when auth_chunk is NULL sctp_auth_chunk_verify() returns true unconditionally when chunk->auth_chunk is NULL, silently skipping authentication. This is inc…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu
  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2026-74588

    sctp: keep chunk->transport in step with the list it is queued on

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: keep chunk->transport in step with the list it is queued on __sctp_outq_flush_rtx() moves a gap-acked chunk onto another transport's transmitted list without updating chunk->transport: …

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2026-74752

    sctp: validate cookie AUTH state before use

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: validate cookie AUTH state before use When cookie authentication is disabled, COOKIE_ECHO restores fixed-size AUTH fields directly from peer-controlled cookie bytes. A forged RANDOM len…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2026-89633 Public exploit

    smb: client: fix OOB read/write from unvalidated DataOffset in coalesce_t2()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix OOB read/write from unvalidated DataOffset in coalesce_t2() coalesce_t2() computes data pointers directly from server-supplied DataOffset fields with no validation against bu…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • Critical 9.3
    CVE-2026-99999 Public exploit

    ipv4: validate checksum_start before completing checksum

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv4: validate checksum_start before completing checksum If a packet with bad checksum metadata gets into the ipv4 stack, skb_checksum_help can corrupt the network header and cause a bunch of…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • Critical 9.1
    CVE-2026-89631

    smb: client: reject a tree connect response whose byte count is too small

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: reject a tree connect response whose byte count is too small CIFSTCon() bounds its strnlen() over the byte area with the server's ByteCount minus two, which for ByteCount 0 or 1 …

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • High 8.8
    CVE-2026-63801

    tipc: fix slab-use-after-free Read in tipc_aead_decrypt_done

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: fix slab-use-after-free Read in tipc_aead_decrypt_done tipc_aead_decrypt() goes straight from tipc_bearer_hold(b) to crypto_aead_decrypt(req) without taking a reference on the netns, un…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu
  • High 8.8
    CVE-2026-74509

    Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix advertising data UAFs

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix advertising data UAFs hci_find_adv_instance() returns an adv_info pointer that is valid only while hdev->lock is held. The advertising command-sync paths perform inst…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • High 7.8
    CVE-2026-31678

    openvswitch: defer tunnel netdev_put to RCU release

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: openvswitch: defer tunnel netdev_put to RCU release ovs_netdev_tunnel_destroy() may run after NETDEV_UNREGISTER already detached the device. Dropping the netdev reference in destroy can race …

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • High 7.8
    CVE-2026-52935

    xfrm: espintcp: do not reuse an in-progress partial send

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: espintcp: do not reuse an in-progress partial send espintcp keeps a single in-flight transmit in ctx->partial. Before building a new sk_msg, espintcp_sendmsg() first tries to flush that…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu
  • High 7.8
    CVE-2026-63971

    sctp: fix race between sctp_wait_for_connect and peeloff

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: fix race between sctp_wait_for_connect and peeloff sctp_wait_for_connect() drops and re-acquires the socket lock while waiting for the association to reach ESTABLISHED state. During thi…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu
  • High 7.8
    CVE-2026-64009

    xfrm: Check for underflow in xfrm_state_mtu

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: Check for underflow in xfrm_state_mtu Leo Lin reported OOB write issue in esp component: xfrm_state_mtu() returns u32 but performs its arithmetic in unsigned modulo-2^32 space using an …

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu
  • High 7.8
    CVE-2026-68162

    sctp: avoid auth_enable sysctl UAF during netns teardown

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: avoid auth_enable sysctl UAF during netns teardown proc_sctp_do_auth() updates the SCTP control socket after changing net.sctp.auth_enable. The handler gets the per-net SCTP state from …

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • High 7.8
    CVE-2026-98256 Public exploit

    signal: Prevent exec() race

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: signal: Prevent exec() race Hyunwoo debugged the following KASAN UAF splat: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __send_signal_locked+0xb27/0xba0 Write of size 8 at addr ffff888007ed80c8 by tas…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu
  • High 7.8
    CVE-2026-98260 Public exploit

    exec: Cleanup POSIX timers right after de_thread()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: exec: Cleanup POSIX timers right after de_thread() A per-thread CPU timer holds a reference to the PID of the thread it is attached to and, while it is armed, its node is queued in that threa…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • High 7.5
    CVE-2026-68315

    sctp: validate stream count in sctp_process_strreset_inreq()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: validate stream count in sctp_process_strreset_inreq() When processing a RESET_IN_REQUEST from a peer, sctp_process_strreset_inreq() derives the stream count from the parameter length b…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu
  • High 7.1
    CVE-2026-52917

    sctp: diag: reject stale associations in dump_one path

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: diag: reject stale associations in dump_one path The SCTP exact sock_diag lookup can hold a transport reference, block on lock_sock(sk), and then resume after sctp_association_free() ha…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2026-63962

    usb: typec: tcpm: bound altmode_desc[] per iteration in svdm_consume_modes()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: typec: tcpm: bound altmode_desc[] per iteration in svdm_consume_modes() svdm_consume_modes() checks pmdata->altmodes against the array size once before the loop over the count, but forgo…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31678
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-52917
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-52935
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-63801
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-63962
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-63971
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-68117
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-68162
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-68300
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-68315
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-74509
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-74588
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-74752
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-89631
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-89633
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-98256
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-98260
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2461761
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2492098
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2492115
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2502254
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2502331
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2502356
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2513314
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2513397
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2513408
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2513474
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2516967
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2521384
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2524422
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2532089
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2532230
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2546482
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2546491
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2026-85321.html
  • report
    https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-64009.html
  • report
    https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-99999.html