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High RLSA-2026:21706 18 CVEs

Important: kernel security update

Published May 31, 2026 · Updated May 31, 2026

Summary

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible UAFs (CVE-2025-39981)

* kernel: ima: don't clear IMA_DIGSIG flag when setting or removing non-IMA xattr (CVE-2025-68183)

* kernel: ALSA: firewire-motu: fix buffer overflow in hwdep read for DSP events (CVE-2025-68347)

* kernel: libceph: make decode_pool() more resilient against corrupted osdmaps (CVE-2025-71116)

* kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of service and memory corruption in RDMA umad (CVE-2026-23243)

* kernel: Linux kernel: Use-after-free in traffic control (act_ct) may lead to denial of service or privilege escalation (CVE-2026-23270)

* kernel: netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: check for zero length in DecodeQ931() (CVE-2026-23455)

* kernel: Bluetooth: SCO: Fix use-after-free in sco_recv_frame() due to missing sock_hold (CVE-2026-31408)

* kernel: can: raw: fix ro->uniq use-after-free in raw_rcv() (CVE-2026-31532)

* kernel: net: sched: act_csum: validate nested VLAN headers (CVE-2026-31684)

* kernel: netfilter: ip6t_eui64: reject invalid MAC header for all packets (CVE-2026-31685)

* kernel: netfilter: nf_conntrack_helper: pass helper to expect cleanup (CVE-2026-43027)

* kernel: Bluetooth: MGMT: validate LTK enc_size on load (CVE-2026-43020)

* kernel: HID: wacom: fix out-of-bounds read in wacom_intuos_bt_irq (CVE-2026-43051)

* kernel: smb: client: validate the whole DACL before rewriting it in cifsacl (CVE-2026-31709)

* kernel: md/bitmap: fix GPF in write_page caused by resize race (CVE-2026-43163)

* kernel: netfilter: xt_tcpmss: check remaining length before reading optlen (CVE-2026-43190)

* kernel: xfs: fix freemap adjustments when adding xattrs to leaf blocks (CVE-2026-43158)

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 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 kernel 0:4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 18

  • Critical 9.4

    netfilter: ip6t_eui64: reject invalid MAC header for all packets

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ip6t_eui64: reject invalid MAC header for all packets `eui64_mt6()` derives a modified EUI-64 from the Ethernet source address and compares it with the low 64 bits of the IPv6 sour…

  • Critical 9.1

    libceph: make decode_pool() more resilient against corrupted osdmaps

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: make decode_pool() more resilient against corrupted osdmaps If the osdmap is (maliciously) corrupted such that the encoded length of ceph_pg_pool envelope is less than what is expect…

  • Critical 9.1

    netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: check for zero length in DecodeQ931()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: check for zero length in DecodeQ931() In DecodeQ931(), the UserUserIE code path reads a 16-bit length from the packet, then decrements it by 1 to skip the protoc…

  • High 8.8

    Bluetooth: SCO: Fix use-after-free in sco_recv_frame() due to missing sock_hold

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: SCO: Fix use-after-free in sco_recv_frame() due to missing sock_hold sco_recv_frame() reads conn->sk under sco_conn_lock() but immediately releases the lock without holding a refer…

  • High 8.8

    smb: client: validate the whole DACL before rewriting it in cifsacl

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: validate the whole DACL before rewriting it in cifsacl build_sec_desc() and id_mode_to_cifs_acl() derive a DACL pointer from a server-supplied dacloffset and then use the incomin…

  • High 8.8

    xfs: fix freemap adjustments when adding xattrs to leaf blocks

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: fix freemap adjustments when adding xattrs to leaf blocks xfs/592 and xfs/794 both trip this assertion in the leaf block freemap adjustment code after ~20 minutes of running on my test V…

  • High 8.2

    netfilter: xt_tcpmss: check remaining length before reading optlen

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: xt_tcpmss: check remaining length before reading optlen Quoting reporter: In net/netfilter/xt_tcpmss.c (lines 53-68), the TCP option parser reads op[i+1] directly without validatin…

  • High 8.1

    HID: wacom: fix out-of-bounds read in wacom_intuos_bt_irq

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: wacom: fix out-of-bounds read in wacom_intuos_bt_irq The wacom_intuos_bt_irq() function processes Bluetooth HID reports without sufficient bounds checking. A maliciously crafted short re…

  • High 7.8

    Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible UAFs

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible UAFs This attemps to fix possible UAFs caused by struct mgmt_pending being freed while still being processed like in the following trace, in order to fix mgmt_pe…

  • 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

    ALSA: firewire-motu: fix buffer overflow in hwdep read for DSP events

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: firewire-motu: fix buffer overflow in hwdep read for DSP events The DSP event handling code in hwdep_read() could write more bytes to the user buffer than requested, when a user provide…

  • High 7.8

    RDMA/umad: Reject negative data_len in ib_umad_write

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/umad: Reject negative data_len in ib_umad_write ib_umad_write computes data_len from user-controlled count and the MAD header sizes. With a mismatched user MAD header size and RMPP heade…

  • High 7.8

    net/sched: Only allow act_ct to bind to clsact/ingress qdiscs and shared blocks

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: Only allow act_ct to bind to clsact/ingress qdiscs and shared blocks As Paolo said earlier [1]: "Since the blamed commit below, classify can return TC_ACT_CONSUMED while the curren…

  • High 7.8

    can: raw: fix ro->uniq use-after-free in raw_rcv()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: raw: fix ro->uniq use-after-free in raw_rcv() raw_release() unregisters raw CAN receive filters via can_rx_unregister(), but receiver deletion is deferred with call_rcu(). This leaves a …

  • 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 —

    Bluetooth: MGMT: validate LTK enc_size on load

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: validate LTK enc_size on load Load Long Term Keys stores the user-provided enc_size and later uses it to size fixed-size stack operations when replying to LE LTK requests. An…

  • 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 —

    md/bitmap: fix GPF in write_page caused by resize race

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md/bitmap: fix GPF in write_page caused by resize race A General Protection Fault occurs in write_page() during array resize: RIP: 0010:write_page+0x22b/0x3c0 [md_mod] This is a use-after-fre…

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