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High RLSA-2026:66180 17 CVEs

Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published Sep 11, 2026 · Updated Sep 11, 2026

Summary

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: KVM: nSVM: Always use vmcb01 in VMLOAD/VMSAVE emulation (CVE-2026-43133)

* kernel: ipv6: prevent possible UaF in addrconf_permanent_addr() (CVE-2026-43339)

* kernel: crypto: pcrypt - Fix handling of MAY_BACKLOG requests (CVE-2026-43493)

* kernel: tcp: call sk_data_ready() after listener migration (CVE-2026-46015)

* kernel: scsi: target: configfs: Bound snprintf() return in tg_pt_gp_members_show() (CVE-2026-46149)

* kernel: inet: RAW sockets using IPPROTO_RAW MUST drop incoming ICMP (CVE-2026-46266)

* kernel: flow_dissector: do not dissect PPPoE PFC frames (CVE-2026-46306)

* kernel: Revert "net/smc: Introduce TCP ULP support" (CVE-2026-46330)

* kernel: netfilter: conntrack: remove sprintf usage (CVE-2026-53002)

* kernel: net: guard timestamp cmsgs to real error queue skbs (CVE-2026-53223)

* kernel: ipv6: mcast: Fix use-after-free when processing MLD queries (CVE-2026-53275)

* kernel: ipv4: account for fraggap on the paged allocation path (CVE-2026-53366)

* kernel: net: mana: Fix TOCTOU double-fetch of hwc_msg_id from DMA buffer (CVE-2026-64034)

* kernel: rhashtable: clear stale iter->p on table restart (CVE-2026-64563)

* kernel: smb: client: fix double-free in SMB2_close() replay (CVE-2026-64597)

* kernel: nvmet-rdma: handle inline data with a nonzero offset (CVE-2026-72129)

* kernel: net: bridge: stop fast-leave after deleting a port group (CVE-2026-74480)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* KSM to deduplicate only zero pages [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-249161)

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 · 9 kernel 0:5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8

Vulnerabilities 17

  • Critical 9.8

    crypto: pcrypt - Fix handling of MAY_BACKLOG requests

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: pcrypt - Fix handling of MAY_BACKLOG requests MAY_BACKLOG requests can return EBUSY. Handle them by checking for that value and filtering out EINPROGRESS notifications.

  • Critical 9.8

    netfilter: conntrack: remove sprintf usage

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: conntrack: remove sprintf usage Replace it with scnprintf, the buffer sizes are expected to be large enough to hold the result, no need for snprintf+overflow check. Increase buffer…

  • Critical 9.8

    smb: client: fix double-free in SMB2_close() replay

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix double-free in SMB2_close() replay A response-bearing attempt can return a replayable error and free its response buffer. If SMB2_close_init() fails before the next send, cle…

  • Critical 9.8

    nvmet-rdma: handle inline data with a nonzero offset

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet-rdma: handle inline data with a nonzero offset nvmet_rdma_use_inline_sg() maps the host-controlled inline data offset into the per-command inline scatterlist. The bounds check admits an…

  • Critical 9.8

    net: bridge: stop fast-leave after deleting a port group

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bridge: stop fast-leave after deleting a port group br_multicast_leave_group() iterates mp->ports with pp = &p->next in its fast-leave path. After br_multicast_del_pg() removes p, contin…

  • Critical 9.3

    net: mana: Fix TOCTOU double-fetch of hwc_msg_id from DMA buffer

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mana: Fix TOCTOU double-fetch of hwc_msg_id from DMA buffer In mana_hwc_rx_event_handler(), resp->response.hwc_msg_id is read from DMA-coherent memory and bounds-checked, then mana_hwc_h…

  • Critical 9.1

    inet: RAW sockets using IPPROTO_RAW MUST drop incoming ICMP

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: inet: RAW sockets using IPPROTO_RAW MUST drop incoming ICMP Yizhou Zhao reported that simply having one RAW socket on protocol IPPROTO_RAW (255) was dangerous. socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, 255);…

  • High 8.8

    ipv6: mcast: Fix use-after-free when processing MLD queries

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: mcast: Fix use-after-free when processing MLD queries When processing an MLD query, a pointer to the multicast group address is retrieved when initially parsing the packet. This pointer…

  • High 7.9

    KVM: nSVM: Always use vmcb01 in VMLOAD/VMSAVE emulation

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nSVM: Always use vmcb01 in VMLOAD/VMSAVE emulation Commit cc3ed80ae69f ("KVM: nSVM: always use vmcb01 to for vmsave/vmload of guest state") made KVM always use vmcb01 for the fields cont…

  • High 7.8

    ipv6: prevent possible UaF in addrconf_permanent_addr()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: prevent possible UaF in addrconf_permanent_addr() The mentioned helper try to warn the user about an exceptional condition, but the message is delivered too late, accessing the ipv6 aft…

  • High 7.8

    tcp: call sk_data_ready() after listener migration

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: call sk_data_ready() after listener migration When inet_csk_listen_stop() migrates an established child socket from a closing listener to another socket in the same SO_REUSEPORT group, t…

  • High 7.8

    Revert "net/smc: Introduce TCP ULP support"

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "net/smc: Introduce TCP ULP support" This reverts commit d7cd421da9da2cc7b4d25b8537f66db5c8331c40. As reported by Al Viro, the TCP ULP support for SMC is fundamentally broken. The impl…

  • High 7.8

    ipv4: account for fraggap on the paged allocation path

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv4: account for fraggap on the paged allocation path In __ip_append_data(), when the paged-allocation branch is taken, alloclen and pagedlen are computed as alloclen = fragheaderlen + trans…

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2026-64563 Public exploit

    rhashtable: clear stale iter->p on table restart

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rhashtable: clear stale iter->p on table restart rhashtable_walk_start_check() has two restart paths when resuming a walk. When iter->walker.tbl is valid, it re-validates iter->p against the …

  • High 7.5

    flow_dissector: do not dissect PPPoE PFC frames

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: flow_dissector: do not dissect PPPoE PFC frames RFC 2516 Section 7 states that Protocol Field Compression (PFC) is NOT RECOMMENDED for PPPoE. In practice, pppd does not support negotiating PF…

  • High 7.1

    scsi: target: configfs: Bound snprintf() return in tg_pt_gp_members_show()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: target: configfs: Bound snprintf() return in tg_pt_gp_members_show() target_tg_pt_gp_members_show() formats LUN paths with snprintf() into a 256-byte stack buffer, then will memcpy() cu…

  • High 7.1

    net: guard timestamp cmsgs to real error queue skbs

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: guard timestamp cmsgs to real error queue skbs skb_is_err_queue() treats PACKET_OUTGOING as the sole marker for an skb from sk_error_queue. That assumption is not true for AF_PACKET sock…

References

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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467065
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2468102
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479812
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481936
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2482566
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2484456
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2486463
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2486999
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492329
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492811
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492841
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2501252
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2517046
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    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66180