What is RHSA-2026:6986?

RHSA-2026:6986 is a security advisory published by Red Hat Product Security with Medium severity. Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Which CVE IDs does RHSA-2026:6986 cover?

RHSA-2026:6986 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2025-38180, CVE-2025-38206, CVE-2026-23001. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of RHSA-2026:6986?

RHSA-2026:6986 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, published by Red Hat Product Security.

Which products are affected by RHSA-2026:6986?

RHSA-2026:6986 affects 169 products, including: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2); Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2); bpftool-0:7.0.0-284.164.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2); bpftool-0:7.0.0-284.164.1.el9_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2); bpftool-0:7.0.0-284.164.1.el9_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2); and others — see the full list on the advisory page.

RHSA-2026:6986MediumCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Vendor

Red Hat Product Security

Published

April 8, 2026

Last Modified

July 30, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (3)

CVE-2025-38180 →CVE-2025-38206 →CVE-2026-23001 →

📋 Description

CVE-2025-38180 — kernel: Linux kernel: Use-After-Free vulnerability in ATM subsystem CVE-2025-38206 — kernel: Kernel: Double free vulnerability in exFAT filesystem can lead to denial of service CVE-2026-23001 — kernel: macvlan: fix possible UAF in macvlan_forward_source()

🎯 Affected products169

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
bpftool-0:7.0.0-284.164.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
bpftool-0:7.0.0-284.164.1.el9_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
bpftool-0:7.0.0-284.164.1.el9_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
bpftool-0:7.0.0-284.164.1.el9_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.0.0-284.164.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.0.0-284.164.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.0.0-284.164.1.el9_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.0.0-284.164.1.el9_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.0.0-284.164.1.el9_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.0.0-284.164.1.el9_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.0.0-284.164.1.el9_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.0.0-284.164.1.el9_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
kernel-0:5.14.0-284.164.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
kernel-0:5.14.0-284.164.1.el9_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
kernel-0:5.14.0-284.164.1.el9_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
kernel-0:5.14.0-284.164.1.el9_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
kernel-0:5.14.0-284.164.1.el9_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
kernel-64k-0:5.14.0-284.164.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
kernel-64k-core-0:5.14.0-284.164.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
kernel-64k-debug-0:5.14.0-284.164.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
kernel-64k-debug-core-0:5.14.0-284.164.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-0:5.14.0-284.164.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-0:5.14.0-284.164.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
kernel-64k-debug-devel-0:5.14.0-284.164.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-0:5.14.0-284.164.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
kernel-64k-debug-modules-0:5.14.0-284.164.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
kernel-64k-debug-modules-core-0:5.14.0-284.164.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra-0:5.14.0-284.164.1.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)
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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 macvlan from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

🔗 CVE IDs covered (3)

📋 Description

🎯 Affected products169

✅ Remediation

🔗 References (6)