RHSA-2026:13932 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · May 6, 2026
Updated · October 30, 2026
Topic
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 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):
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kernel: ALSA: aloop: Fix racy access at PCM trigger (CVE-2026-23191)
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kernel: Linux kernel (qla2xxx): Double free vulnerability leads to denial of service and potential privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-71238)
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kernel: Linux kernel KVM: Privilege escalation or denial of service due to improper shadow page table entry handling (CVE-2026-23401)
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kernel: crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place (CVE-2026-31431)
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kernel: can: raw: fix ro->uniq use-after-free in raw_rcv() (CVE-2026-31532)
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.