This Important Red Hat kernel security update addresses two vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-43499, a race condition in the rtmutex subsystem (CVSS 7.8 High), and CVE-2026-53166, a NULL pointer dereference in the futex/requeue code that could lead to a self-deadlock. The affected kernel versions are broad, including Linux kernels from 2.6.39 up to but before 6.1.175, 6.2 to before 6.6.140, 6.7 to before 6.12.86, 6.13 to before 6.18.27, and 6.19 to before 7.0.4. The fixed versions are 6.1.175, 6.6.140, 6.12.86, 6.18.27, and 7.0.4, respectively, and a system reboot is required after applying the update.
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:41062 - Security Advisory Issued: 2026-07-16 Updated: 2026-07-16 RHSA-2026:41062 - Security Advisory Overview Updated Packages Synopsis Important: kernel security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important 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 10.0 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. 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: rtmutex: Use waiter::task instead of current in remove_waiter() (CVE-2026-43499) kernel: futex/requeue: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in remove_waiter() on self-deadlock (CVE-2026-53166) kernel: XFS data corruption using reflink () 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 10.0 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 10.0 s390x Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 10.0 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 10.0 aarch64 Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 10.0 x86_64 Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 10.0 ppc64le Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 10.0 s390x Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 10.0 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 10.0 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 10.0 s390x Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - 4 years of support 10.0 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - 4 years of updates 10.0 x86_64 Fixes BZ - 2480453 - CVE-2026-43499 kernel: rtmutex: Use waiter::task instead of current in remove_waiter() BZ - 2492805 - CVE-2026-53166 kernel: futex/requeue: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in remove_waiter() on self-deadlock BZ - 2498915 - kernel: XFS data corruption using reflink CVEs CVE-2026-43499 CVE-2026-53166 References https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. 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