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Critical RHSA-2026:1886 8 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Published Feb 4, 2026 · Updated Aug 22, 2026

Fixed packages 48

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Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos bpftool 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos bpftool-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos kernel 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos kernel-abi-stablelists 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos kernel-core 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos kernel-debug 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos kernel-debug-core 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos kernel-debug-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos kernel-debug-devel 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos kernel-debug-modules 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos kernel-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos kernel-devel 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos kernel-doc 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos kernel-modules 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos kernel-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos kernel-tools 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos kernel-tools-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos kernel-tools-libs 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos perf 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos perf-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos python3-perf 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 AUS rhel_aus:8.4::baseos python3-perf-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos bpftool 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos bpftool-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos kernel 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos kernel-abi-stablelists 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos kernel-core 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos kernel-debug 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos kernel-debug-core 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos kernel-debug-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos kernel-debug-devel 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos kernel-debug-modules 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos kernel-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos kernel-devel 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos kernel-doc 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos kernel-modules 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos kernel-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos kernel-tools 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos kernel-tools-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos kernel-tools-libs 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos perf 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos perf-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos python3-perf 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4
Red Hat · RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos python3-perf-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-305.184.1.el8_4

Vulnerabilities 8

  • Critical 9.8

    cifs: fix potential use-after-free bugs in TCP_Server_Info::hostname

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fix potential use-after-free bugs in TCP_Server_Info::hostname TCP_Server_Info::hostname may be updated once or many times during reconnect, so protect its access outside reconnect path…

  • Critical 9.8

    net: atlantic: fix fragment overflow handling in RX path

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: atlantic: fix fragment overflow handling in RX path The atlantic driver can receive packets with more than MAX_SKB_FRAGS (17) fragments when handling large multi-descriptor packets. This…

  • High 8.8

    i40e: fix idx validation in config queues msg

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i40e: fix idx validation in config queues msg Ensure idx is within range of active/initialized TCs when iterating over vf->ch[idx] in i40e_vc_config_queues_msg().

  • High 7.8

    mac80211: fix potential double free on mesh join

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mac80211: fix potential double free on mesh join While commit 6a01afcf8468 ("mac80211: mesh: Free ie data when leaving mesh") fixed a memory leak on mesh leave / teardown it introduced a pote…

  • High 7.8

    cifs: fix oops during encryption

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fix oops during encryption When running xfstests against Azure the following oops occurred on an arm64 system Unable to handle kernel write to read-only memory at virtual address ffff00…

  • High 7.8

    vsock: Ignore signal/timeout on connect() if already established

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock: Ignore signal/timeout on connect() if already established During connect(), acting on a signal/timeout by disconnecting an already established socket leads to several issues: 1. connec…

  • High 7.8

    drm/vmwgfx: Validate command header size against SVGA_CMD_MAX_DATASIZE

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: Validate command header size against SVGA_CMD_MAX_DATASIZE This data originates from userspace and is used in buffer offset calculations which could potentially overflow causing a…

  • Unscored —

    ASoC: Intel: bytcr_rt5640: Fix invalid quirk input mapping

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: Intel: bytcr_rt5640: Fix invalid quirk input mapping When an invalid value is passed via quirk option, currently bytcr_rt5640 driver only shows an error message but leaves as is. This m…

References

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    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2347727
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2395879
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2419954
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2422836
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    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49290
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    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39971
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    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-39971
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    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40154
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    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40154
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    https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025111258-CVE-2025-40154-fd98@gregkh/T
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40248
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    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40248
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    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40248
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    https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025120430-CVE-2025-40248-506e@gregkh/T
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