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RHSA-2026:26535: Critical: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

This Red Hat Security Advisory (RHSA-2026:26535) addresses a critical kernel update containing multiple security fixes, including use-after-free, overflow, and denial-of-service vulnerabilities (e.g., CVE-2025-21858, CVE-2026-23097) across networking, filesystem, and driver components. The update is rated Critical and applies specifically to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support and 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On. Affected systems must apply the provided kernel package update to remediate these issues.
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:26535 - Security Advisory Issued: 2026-06-17 Updated: 2026-06-17 RHSA-2026:26535 - Security Advisory Overview Updated Packages Synopsis Critical: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Critical Red Hat Lightspeed patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory. View affected systems Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. Description The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): kernel: geneve: Fix use-after-free in geneve_find_dev(). (CVE-2025-21858) kernel: sctp: fix a potential overflow in sctp_ifwdtsn_skip (CVE-2023-53372) kernel: net: use dst_dev_rcu() in sk_setup_caps() (CVE-2025-40170) kernel: ipv6: use RCU in ip6_xmit() (CVE-2025-40135) kernel: ipv6: use RCU in ip6_output() (CVE-2025-40158) kernel: nbd: defer config unlock in nbd_genl_connect (CVE-2025-68366) kernel: mlxsw: spectrum_mr: Fix use-after-free when updating multicast route stats (CVE-2025-68800) kernel: iommu: disable SVA when CONFIG_X86 is set (CVE-2025-71089) kernel: macvlan: fix possible UAF in macvlan_forward_source() (CVE-2026-23001) kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service due to a deadlock in hugetlb folio migration (CVE-2026-23097) kernel: ALSA: aloop: Fix racy access at PCM trigger (CVE-2026-23191) kernel: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix use-after-free in iscsit_dec_conn_usage_count() (CVE-2026-23216) kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of service and memory corruption in RDMA umad (CVE-2026-23243) kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: release flowtable after rcu grace period on error (CVE-2026-23392) kernel: netfilter: ip6t_eui64: reject invalid MAC header for all packets (CVE-2026-31685) kernel: ip6_tunnel: clear skb2->cb[] in ip4ip6_err() (CVE-2026-43037) kernel: ipv6: icmp: clear skb2->cb[] in ip6_err_gen_icmpv6_unreach() (CVE-2026-43038) kernel: netfilter: ctnetlink: ensure safe access to master conntrack (CVE-2026-43116) kernel: wifi: brcmfmac: validate bsscfg indices in IF events (CVE-2026-43110) kernel: md/bitmap: fix GPF in write_page caused by resize race (CVE-2026-43163) kernel: netfilter: xt_tcpmss: check remaining length before reading optlen (CVE-2026-43190) kernel: xfs: fix freemap adjustments when adding xattrs to leaf blocks (CVE-2026-43158) kernel: Linux kernel: smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions (CVE-2026-46243) kernel: sctp: revalidate list cursor after sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc() in SCTP_SENDALL (CVE-2026-46227) Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s): NFS client hangs while returning delegations (JIRA:RHEL-112276) Rhel backport of upstream commit "i40e: avoid redundant VF link state update" (JIRA:RHEL-141908) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Solution 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. Affected Products Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.4 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4 x86_64 Fixes BZ - 2351619 - CVE-2025-21858 kernel: geneve: Fix use-after-free in geneve_find_dev(). BZ - 2396405 - CVE-2023-53372 kernel: sctp: fix a potential overflow in sctp_ifwdtsn_skip BZ - 2414506 - CVE-2025-40170 kernel: net: use dst_dev_rcu() in sk_setup_caps() BZ - 2414521 - CVE-2025-40135 kernel: ipv6: use RCU in ip6_xmit() BZ - 2414523 - CVE-2025-40158 kernel: ipv6: use RCU in ip6_output() BZ - 2424881 - CVE-2025-68366 kernel: nbd: defer config unlock in nbd_genl_connect BZ - 2429065 - CVE-2025-68800 kernel: mlxsw: spectrum_mr: Fix use-after-free when updating multicast route stats BZ - 2429104 - CVE-2025-71089 kernel: iommu: disable SVA when CONFIG_X86 is set BZ - 2432664 - CVE-2026-23001 kernel: macvlan: fix possible UAF in macvlan_forward_source() BZ - 2436802 - CVE-2026-23097 kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service due to a deadlock in hugetlb folio migration BZ - 2439947 - CVE-2026-23191 kernel: ALSA: aloop: Fix racy access at PCM trigger BZ - 2440630 - CVE-2026-23216 kernel: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix use-after-free in iscsit_dec_conn_usage_count() BZ - 2448594 - CVE-2026-23243 kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of service and memory corruption in RDMA umad BZ - 2451218 - CVE-2026-23392 kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: release flowtable after rcu grace period on error BZ - 2461759 - CVE-2026-31685 kernel: netfilter: ip6t_eui64: reject invalid MAC header for all packets BZ - 2464351 - CVE-2026-43037 kernel: ip6_tunnel: clear skb2->cb[] in ip4ip6_err() BZ - 2464397 - CVE-2026-43038 kernel: ipv6: icmp: clear skb2->cb[] in ip6_err_gen_icmpv6_unreach() BZ - 2467005 - CVE-2026-43116 kernel: netfilter: ctnetlink: ensure safe access to master conntrack BZ - 2467014 - CVE-2026-43110 kernel: wifi: brcmfmac: validate bsscfg indices in IF events BZ - 2467059 - CVE-2026-43163 kernel: md/bitmap: fix GPF in write_page caused by resize race BZ - 2467064 - CVE-2026-43190 kernel: netfilter: xt_tcpmss: check remaining length before reading optlen BZ - 2467210 - CVE-2026-43158 kernel: xfs: fix freemap adjustments when adding xattrs to leaf blocks BZ - 2481486 - CVE-2026-46243 kernel: Linux kernel: smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions BZ - 2482564 - CVE-2026-46227 kernel: sctp: revalidate list cursor after sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc() in SCTP_SENDALL CVEs CVE-2023-53372 CVE-2025-21858 CVE-2025-40135 CVE-2025-40158 CVE-2025-40170 CVE-2025-68366 CVE-2025-68800 CVE-2025-71089 CVE-2026-23001 CVE-2026-23097 CVE-2026-23191 CVE-2026-23216 CVE-2026-23243 CVE-2026-23392 CVE-2026-31685 CVE-2026-43037 CVE-2026-43038 CVE-2026-43110 CVE-2026-43116 CVE-2026-43158 CVE-2026-43163 CVE-2026-43190 CVE-2026-46227 CVE-2026-46243 References https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. 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