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High RHSA-2026:6961 4 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Published Apr 8, 2026 · Updated Aug 22, 2026

Fixed packages 81

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Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos bpftool 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos bpftool-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-abi-stablelists 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-core 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-debug 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-debug-core 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-debug-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-debug-devel 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-debug-modules 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-devel 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-doc 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-modules 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-tools 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-tools-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos kernel-tools-libs 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos perf 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos perf-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos python3-perf 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 AUS rhel_aus:8.6::baseos python3-perf-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos bpftool 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos bpftool-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel-abi-stablelists 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel-core 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel-debug 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel-debug-core 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel-debug-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel-debug-devel 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel-debug-modules 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel-devel 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel-doc 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel-modules 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel-tools 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel-tools-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel-tools-libs 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel-zfcpdump 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel-zfcpdump-core 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel-zfcpdump-devel 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel-zfcpdump-modules 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos perf 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos perf-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos python3-perf 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 E4S rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos python3-perf-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 TUS rhel_tus:8.6::baseos bpftool 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 TUS rhel_tus:8.6::baseos bpftool-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 TUS rhel_tus:8.6::baseos kernel 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 TUS rhel_tus:8.6::baseos kernel-abi-stablelists 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 TUS rhel_tus:8.6::baseos kernel-core 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 TUS rhel_tus:8.6::baseos kernel-debug 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 TUS rhel_tus:8.6::baseos kernel-debug-core 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 TUS rhel_tus:8.6::baseos kernel-debug-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 TUS rhel_tus:8.6::baseos kernel-debug-devel 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 TUS rhel_tus:8.6::baseos kernel-debug-modules 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 TUS rhel_tus:8.6::baseos kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 TUS rhel_tus:8.6::baseos kernel-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 TUS rhel_tus:8.6::baseos kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 TUS rhel_tus:8.6::baseos kernel-devel 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 TUS rhel_tus:8.6::baseos kernel-doc 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 TUS rhel_tus:8.6::baseos kernel-modules 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 TUS rhel_tus:8.6::baseos kernel-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 TUS rhel_tus:8.6::baseos kernel-tools 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 TUS rhel_tus:8.6::baseos kernel-tools-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 TUS rhel_tus:8.6::baseos kernel-tools-libs 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 TUS rhel_tus:8.6::baseos perf 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 TUS rhel_tus:8.6::baseos perf-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 TUS rhel_tus:8.6::baseos python3-perf 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6
Red Hat · RHEL 8.6 TUS rhel_tus:8.6::baseos python3-perf-debuginfo 0:4.18.0-372.187.1.el8_6

Vulnerabilities 4

  • High 7.8

    net: atm: fix /proc/net/atm/lec handling

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: atm: fix /proc/net/atm/lec handling /proc/net/atm/lec must ensure safety against dev_lec[] changes. It appears it had dev_put() calls without prior dev_hold(), leading to imbalance and U…

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2025-38248 Public exploit

    bridge: mcast: Fix use-after-free during router port configuration

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bridge: mcast: Fix use-after-free during router port configuration The bridge maintains a global list of ports behind which a multicast router resides. The list is consulted during forwarding…

  • High 7.8

    macvlan: fix error recovery in macvlan_common_newlink()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: macvlan: fix error recovery in macvlan_common_newlink() valis provided a nice repro to crash the kernel: ip link add p1 type veth peer p2 ip link set address 00:00:00:00:00:20 dev p1 ip link …

  • Unscored —

    dm raid: fix accesses beyond end of raid member array

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm raid: fix accesses beyond end of raid member array On dm-raid table load (using raid_ctr), dm-raid allocates an array rs->devs[rs->raid_disks] for the raid device members. rs->raid_disks i…

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2347967
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2376376
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2378981
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2439900
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_6961.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49674
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49674
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49674
  • article
    https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022624-CVE-2022-49674-90d4@gregkh/T
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38180
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38180
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38180
  • article
    https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025070410-CVE-2025-38180-c6d0@gregkh/T
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38248
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38248
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38248
  • article
    https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025070934-CVE-2025-38248-003c@gregkh/T
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23209
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23209
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23209
  • article
    https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026021439-CVE-2026-23209-9ad6@gregkh/T