- What: Kernel live patch updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Impact: Systems running affected kernels need to apply the patch
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:44006 - Security Advisory Issued: 2026-07-22 Updated: 2026-07-22 RHSA-2026:44006 - Security Advisory Overview Updated Packages Synopsis Important: kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_100_1, kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_113_1, kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_126_1, kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_68_2, and kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_84_1 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 multiple packages is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions. 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 This is a kernel live patch module which can be loaded by the kpatch command line utility to modify the code of a running kernel. This patch module is targeted for kernel-5.14.0-427.68.2.el9_4. Security Fix(es): kernel: eventpoll: fix ep_remove struct eventpoll / struct file UAF (CVE-2026-46242) kernel: KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected role (CVE-2026-53359) 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 Affected Products Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.4 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.4 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.4 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.4 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle 9.4 ppc64le Fixes BZ - 2483519 - CVE-2026-46242 kernel: eventpoll: fix ep_remove struct eventpoll / struct file UAF BZ - 2497033 - CVE-2026-53359 kernel: KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected role CVEs CVE-2026-46242 CVE-2026-53359 References https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details. 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