RHSA-2026:22964HighCVSS 8.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Published
June 4, 2026
Last Modified
August 21, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (7)

CVE-2025-40170 →CVE-2026-23216 →CVE-2026-43037 →CVE-2026-43038 →CVE-2024-41073 →CVE-2025-40135 →CVE-2025-40158 →

📋 Description

CVE-2024-41073 — kernel: nvme: avoid double free special payload CVE-2025-40135 — kernel: ipv6: use RCU in ip6_xmit() CVE-2025-40158 — kernel: ipv6: use RCU in ip6_output() CVE-2025-40170 — kernel: net: use dst_dev_rcu() in sk_setup_caps() CVE-2026-23216 — kernel: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix use-after-free in iscsit_dec_conn_usage_count() CVE-2026-43037 — kernel: ip6_tunnel: clear skb2->cb[] in ip4ip6_err() CVE-2026-43038 — kernel: ipv6: icmp: clear skb2->cb[] in ip6_err_gen_icmpv6_unreach()

🎯 Affected products74

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • bpftool-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • bpftool-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • bpftool-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • kernel-abi-stablelists-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • kernel-abi-stablelists-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • kernel-core-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • kernel-core-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • kernel-core-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • kernel-debug-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • kernel-debug-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • kernel-debug-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • kernel-debug-core-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • kernel-debug-core-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • kernel-debug-core-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • kernel-debug-devel-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • kernel-debug-devel-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • kernel-debug-devel-0:4.18.0-477.145.1.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability. Workaround: To mitigate this issue, prevent the iscsi_target_mod module from being loaded. See https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for instructions on how to blacklist kernel modules. Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is to skip loading the affected module `ip6_tunnel` onto the system till we have a fix available, this can be done by a blacklist mechanism, this will ensure the driver is not loaded at the boot time. ~~~ How do I blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically? https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 ~~~ We may also want to detection and monitoring an affected system as below: ~~~ Monitor for exploitation attempts: # Enable kernel audit for IPv6 tunnel operations auditctl -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S socket -F a0=10 -F a1=3 -k ipv6_tunnel # Monitor system logs for kernel panics/crashes journalctl -k -p err -f | grep -i "ip6_tunnel\|icmp\|stack" ~~~ Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.

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