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High RLSA-2026:50979 1 CVE

Important: kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published Aug 7, 2026 · Updated Aug 7, 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: xen: AMD Zen 2 Processors: Privilege escalation via improper CPU cache isolation (CVE-2025-54518)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* Kernel crash in bpf_for_each_array_elem() due to missing backport of upstream commit 4b6313cf99b0 (JIRA:Rocky Linux-191844)

* gfs2: xfstests generic/363 failure [rhel-8.10.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-214099)

* Rocky Linux8: HYPERV hv_storvsc driver can we add additional code to allow PERSISTENT_RESERVE_IN [Rocky Linux 8.10Z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-188270)

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-rt 0:4.18.0-553.153.1.rt7.494.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2477784