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Critical RHSA-2026:40068 9 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Published Jul 16, 2026 · Updated Oct 17, 2026

Fixed packages 48

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Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos bpftool 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos bpftool-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-abi-stablelists 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-core 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-debug 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-debug-core 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-debug-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-debug-devel 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-debug-modules 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-devel 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-doc 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-modules 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-tools 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-tools-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-tools-libs 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos perf 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos perf-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos python3-perf 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos python3-perf-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos bpftool 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos bpftool-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos kernel 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos kernel-abi-stablelists 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos kernel-core 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos kernel-debug 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos kernel-debug-core 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos kernel-debug-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos kernel-debug-devel 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos kernel-debug-modules 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos kernel-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos kernel-devel 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos kernel-doc 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos kernel-modules 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos kernel-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos kernel-tools 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos kernel-tools-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos kernel-tools-libs 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos perf 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos perf-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos python3-perf 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos python3-perf-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.201.1.el8_6

Vulnerabilities 9

  • Critical 9.8

    nvmet-tcp: fix race between ICReq handling and queue teardown

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet-tcp: fix race between ICReq handling and queue teardown nvmet_tcp_handle_icreq() updates queue->state after sending an Initialization Connection Response (ICResp), but it does so withou…

  • High 8.1

    smb: client: fix OOB reads parsing symlink error response

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix OOB reads parsing symlink error response When a CREATE returns STATUS_STOPPED_ON_SYMLINK, smb2_check_message() returns success without any length validation, leaving the syml…

  • High 7.8

    ima: don't clear IMA_DIGSIG flag when setting or removing non-IMA xattr

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ima: don't clear IMA_DIGSIG flag when setting or removing non-IMA xattr Currently when both IMA and EVM are in fix mode, the IMA signature will be reset to IMA hash if a program first stores …

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2026-43499 Public exploit

    rtmutex: Use waiter::task instead of current in remove_waiter()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rtmutex: Use waiter::task instead of current in remove_waiter() remove_waiter() is used by the slowlock paths, but it is also used for proxy-lock rollback in rt_mutex_start_proxy_lock() when …

  • High 7.8

    drm/gem: Fix inconsistent plane dimension calculation in drm_gem_fb_init_with_funcs()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/gem: Fix inconsistent plane dimension calculation in drm_gem_fb_init_with_funcs() drm_gem_fb_init_with_funcs() computes sub-sampled plane dimensions using plain integer division: unsigned…

  • High 7.0

    RDMA/vmw_pvrdma: Fix double free on pvrdma_alloc_ucontext() error path

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/vmw_pvrdma: Fix double free on pvrdma_alloc_ucontext() error path Sashiko points out that pvrdma_uar_free() is already called within pvrdma_dealloc_ucontext(), so calling it before trigg…

  • Unscored —

    net: sched: act_csum: validate nested VLAN headers

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: sched: act_csum: validate nested VLAN headers tcf_csum_act() walks nested VLAN headers directly from skb->data when an skb still carries in-payload VLAN tags. The current code reads vlan…

  • Unscored —

    netfilter: nf_conntrack_helper: pass helper to expect cleanup

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_conntrack_helper: pass helper to expect cleanup nf_conntrack_helper_unregister() calls nf_ct_expect_iterate_destroy() to remove expectations belonging to the helper being unregi…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2026-53166 Rejected

    This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority.

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    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2422699
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