Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
🔗 CVE IDs covered (4)
📋 Description
CVE-2026-53002 — kernel: netfilter: conntrack: remove sprintf usage CVE-2026-64007 — kernel: netfilter: synproxy: refresh tcphdr after skb_ensure_writable CVE-2026-74580 — kernel: vhost: reset the vring metadata cache on vring reconfiguration CVE-2026-74705 — kernel: udp: fix potential use-after-free in tunnel segmentation
🎯 Affected products95
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
- bpftool-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
- bpftool-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
- bpftool-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
- bpftool-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
- bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
- bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
- bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
- bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
- bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
- bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
- bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
- kernel-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
- kernel-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
- kernel-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
- kernel-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
- kernel-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
- kernel-abi-whitelists-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
- kernel-bootwrapper-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
- kernel-bootwrapper-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
- kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
- kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
- kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
- kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
- kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
- kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
- kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
- kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
- kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.167.1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
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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. Red Hat recommends treating all kernel errata as security-relevant. Given the kernel's fundamental role, any bug has a higher chance of impacting system security, even if that impact only becomes clear after a fix is published. Therefore, Red Hat prioritizes delivering fixes that improve our customers' overall security posture. Because of this proactive approach, a patch may be associated with a CVE assignment at a future date. Retroactive CVE assignments are always documented in the corresponding errata and on Red Hat's CVE pages. We strongly advise against delaying updates, as doing so may leave your system exposed when protections are already available. Workaround: To mitigate this issue, prevent the nf_conntrack_sip and nf_nat_sip modules from being loaded. See https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for instructions. 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.
🔗 References (7)
- selfhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:81349
- externalhttps://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
- externalhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492329
- externalhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502361
- externalhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2521055
- externalhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2521498
- selfhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_81349.json