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High ALSA-2026:A007 1 CVE

Important: kernel-rt security update

Published May 8, 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: xfrm: esp: avoid in-place decrypt on shared skb frags (CVE-2026-43284)

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 15

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.123.2.rt7.464.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-553.123.2.rt7.464.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug 4.18.0-553.123.2.rt7.464.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-553.123.2.rt7.464.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-devel 4.18.0-553.123.2.rt7.464.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-553.123.2.rt7.464.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-553.123.2.rt7.464.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.123.2.rt7.464.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-modules-internal 4.18.0-553.123.2.rt7.464.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-devel 4.18.0-553.123.2.rt7.464.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-553.123.2.rt7.464.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-553.123.2.rt7.464.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.123.2.rt7.464.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-modules-internal 4.18.0-553.123.2.rt7.464.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-selftests-internal 4.18.0-553.123.2.rt7.464.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 8.8
    CVE-2026-43284 Public exploit EPSS 94%

    xfrm: esp: avoid in-place decrypt on shared skb frags

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: esp: avoid in-place decrypt on shared skb frags MSG_SPLICE_PAGES can attach pages from a pipe directly to an skb. TCP marks such skbs with SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG after skb_splice_from_iter()…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43284
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467771