RHSA-2026:42919HighCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published
July 21, 2026
Last Modified
August 14, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (11)

📋 Description

CVE-2025-71113 — kernel: crypto: af_alg - zero initialize memory allocated via sock_kmalloc CVE-2025-71147 — kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service due to memory leak in tpm2_load_cmd CVE-2026-23168 — kernel: flex_proportions: make fprop_new_period() hardirq safe CVE-2026-31530 — kernel: cxl/port: Fix use after free of parent_port in cxl_detach_ep() CVE-2026-46116 — kernel: xfrm: defensively unhash xfrm_state lists in __xfrm_state_delete CVE-2026-46150 — kernel: fanotify: fix false positive on permission events CVE-2026-46215 — kernel: drm: Set old handle to NULL before prime swap in change_handle CVE-2026-52950 — kernel: drm/xe/dma-buf: fix UAF with retry loop CVE-2026-52976 — kernel: drm/xe: Fix error cleanup in xe_exec_queue_create_ioctl() CVE-2026-53009 — kernel: ice: fix double-free of tx_buf skb CVE-2026-53071 — kernel: Bluetooth: l2cap: Add missing chan lock in l2cap_ecred_reconf_rsp

🎯 Affected products200

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 10)
  • kernel-0:6.12.0-211.37.1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-0:6.12.0-211.37.1.el10_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-0:6.12.0-211.37.1.el10_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-0:6.12.0-211.37.1.el10_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-0:6.12.0-211.37.1.el10_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-0:6.12.0-211.37.1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-core-0:6.12.0-211.37.1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debug-0:6.12.0-211.37.1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debug-core-0:6.12.0-211.37.1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-0:6.12.0-211.37.1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-0:6.12.0-211.37.1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-0:6.12.0-211.37.1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-0:6.12.0-211.37.1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debug-devel-0:6.12.0-211.37.1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-0:6.12.0-211.37.1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debug-modules-0:6.12.0-211.37.1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debug-modules-core-0:6.12.0-211.37.1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra-0:6.12.0-211.37.1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debuginfo-0:6.12.0-211.37.1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debuginfo-0:6.12.0-211.37.1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debuginfo-0:6.12.0-211.37.1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debuginfo-0:6.12.0-211.37.1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-devel-0:6.12.0-211.37.1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-devel-matched-0:6.12.0-211.37.1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-modules-0:6.12.0-211.37.1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
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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: To mitigate this issue, prevent module drm from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically. Workaround: To mitigate this issue, prevent module ice from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

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