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Medium RLSA-2026:6053 2 CVEs

Moderate: kernel security update

Published Apr 9, 2026 · Updated Apr 9, 2026

Ecosystem: Rocky Linux

Summary

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: kernel: Privilege escalation or denial of service via use-after-free in nf_tables_addchain() (CVE-2026-23231)

* kernel: Linux kernel (qla2xxx): Double free vulnerability leads to denial of service and potential privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-71238)

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 · 10 kernel 0:6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1

Vulnerabilities 2

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2026-23231 Public exploit

    netfilter: nf_tables: fix use-after-free in nf_tables_addchain()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: fix use-after-free in nf_tables_addchain() nf_tables_addchain() publishes the chain to table->chains via list_add_tail_rcu() (in nft_chain_add()) before registering hook…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2025-71238

    scsi: qla2xxx: Fix bsg_done() causing double free

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix bsg_done() causing double free Kernel panic observed on system, [5353358.825191] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ff5f5e897b024000 [5353358.825194] #PF: superv…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2444376
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2444398