{"id":"RLSA-2026:38491","summary":"Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update","details":"The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* kernel: Linux kernel: Memory leak in networking due to incorrect GRO packet handling (CVE-2026-22979)\n\n* kernel: rtmutex: Use waiter::task instead of current in remove_waiter() (CVE-2026-43499)\n\n* kernel: net: bridge: use a stable FDB dst snapshot in RCU readers (CVE-2026-46086)\n\n* kernel: crypto: ccp - copy IV using skcipher ivsize (CVE-2026-53016)\n\n* kernel: futex/requeue: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in remove_waiter() on self-deadlock (CVE-2026-53166)\n\nBug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):\n\n* Kernel panic very early during boot while reading a tracefs file (available_filter_functions) due to invalid module name pointer [9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-183236)\n\nFor 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.","modified":"2026-07-14T12:30:05.976924911Z","published":"2026-07-14T12:03:23.695448Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-22979","CVE-2026-43499","CVE-2026-46086","CVE-2026-53016","CVE-2026-53166"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:38491"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2432402"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2480453"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481989"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492269"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492805"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kernel","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/kernel?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:5.14.0-687.25.1.el9_8"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"BaseOS"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:38491.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}