{"id":"RLSA-2026:71232","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: block: zero non-PI portion of auto integrity buffer (CVE-2026-23007)\n\n* kernel: af_unix: Drop all SCM attributes for SOCKMAP (CVE-2026-53005)\n\n* kernel: mac802154: llsec: add skb_cow_data() before in-place crypto (CVE-2026-63831)\n\n* kernel: blk-cgroup: fix UAF in __blkcg_rstat_flush() (CVE-2026-63802)\n\n* kernel: block: don't overwrite bip_vcnt in bio_integrity_copy_user() (CVE-2026-64053)\n\n* kernel: smb: client: fix double-free in SMB2_flush() replay (CVE-2026-64383)\n\n* kernel: nvmet-tcp: check INIT_FAILED before nvmet_req_uninit in digest error path (CVE-2026-64534)\n\n* kernel: sctp: don't free the ASCONF's own transport in DEL-IP processing (CVE-2026-64564)\n\n* kernel: ALSA: timer: drain a slave's callback before its master detaches it (CVE-2026-68201)\n\n* kernel: ASoC: SOF: ipc3-control: Validate size in snd_sof_update_control (CVE-2026-72261)\n\n* kernel: xfrm: ah6: validate routing header segments_left (CVE-2026-80844)\n\n* kernel: net: tun: bound receive headroom (CVE-2026-81000)\n\n* kernel: scsi: qla2xxx: Bound rsp_info_len to avoid OOB sense-data read (CVE-2026-89846)\n\nBug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):\n\n* sctp: prevent peer transport count overflow [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-216251)\n\n* netfilter: nftables CVE and memory safety backports for 9.8 (JIRA:Rocky Linux-236634)\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":"2026-09-25T18:24:41.512917771Z","published":"2026-09-25T18:04:58.698983Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-23007","CVE-2026-53005","CVE-2026-63802","CVE-2026-63831","CVE-2026-64053","CVE-2026-64383","CVE-2026-64534","CVE-2026-64564","CVE-2026-68201","CVE-2026-72261","CVE-2026-80844","CVE-2026-81000","CVE-2026-89846"],"database_specific":{"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","source_advisory":"RHSA-2026:71232","license":"CC-BY-4.0"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:71232"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2432674"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492381"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502243"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502251"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502498"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2507134"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2507399"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2510890"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2513481"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2516527"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2528676"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2532176"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2535391"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71232"}],"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":"0:5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"BaseOS"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:71232.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}