Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update
🔗 CVE IDs covered (4)
📋 Description
CVE-2025-71238 — kernel: Linux kernel (qla2xxx): Double free vulnerability leads to denial of service and potential privilege escalation. CVE-2026-23144 — kernel: Linux kernel: Local denial of service and memory leak in DAMON sysfs via setup failure CVE-2026-23171 — kernel: Linux kernel: Use-after-free in bonding module can cause system crash or arbitrary code execution CVE-2026-23204 — kernel: net/sched: cls_u32: use skb_header_pointer_careful()
🎯 Affected products200
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v. 10.0)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v. 10.0)
- kernel-0:6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0)
- kernel-0:6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0)
- kernel-0:6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0)
- kernel-0:6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0)
- kernel-0:6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0)
- kernel-64k-0:6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0)
- kernel-64k-core-0:6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0)
- kernel-64k-debug-0:6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0)
- kernel-64k-debug-core-0:6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0)
- kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-0:6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
- kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-0:6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0)
- kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-0:6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0)
- kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-0:6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v. 10.0)
- kernel-64k-debug-devel-0:6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
- kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-0:6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
- kernel-64k-debug-modules-0:6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0)
- kernel-64k-debug-modules-core-0:6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0)
- kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra-0:6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0)
- kernel-64k-debuginfo-0:6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
- kernel-64k-debuginfo-0:6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0)
- kernel-64k-debuginfo-0:6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0)
- kernel-64k-debuginfo-0:6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v. 10.0)
- kernel-64k-devel-0:6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
- kernel-64k-devel-matched-0:6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
- kernel-64k-modules-0:6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0)
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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 qla2xxx 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 the `bonding` kernel module from loading if bonding interfaces are not required. This can be achieved by creating a modprobe configuration file. Create a file named `/etc/modprobe.d/disable-bonding.conf` with the following content: `install bonding /bin/true` After creating the file, a system reboot is required for the change to take effect if the module is currently loaded. This action will prevent the creation and use of bonding network interfaces.
🔗 References (7)
- selfhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8342
- externalhttps://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
- externalhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2439872
- externalhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2439886
- externalhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2439931
- externalhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2444398
- selfhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_8342.json