RHSA-2026:19568 — Security Advisory

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

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.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

• kernel: net/sched: Make cake_enqueue return NET_XMIT_CN when past buffer_limit (CVE-2025-39766)

• kernel: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix improper freeing of purex item (CVE-2025-68741)

• kernel: libceph: make decode_pool() more resilient against corrupted osdmaps (CVE-2025-71116)

• kernel: libceph: prevent potential out-of-bounds reads in handle_auth_done() (CVE-2026-22984)

• kernel: libceph: replace overzealous BUG_ON in osdmap_apply_incremental() (CVE-2026-22990)

• kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service in libceph OSD client due to unreset sparse-read state (CVE-2026-23136)

• kernel: net/sched: cls_u32: use skb_header_pointer_careful() (CVE-2026-23204)

• kernel: Linux kernel: Use-after-free in traffic control (act_ct) may lead to denial of service or privilege escalation (CVE-2026-23270)

• kernel: Linux kernel KVM: Privilege escalation or denial of service due to improper shadow page table entry handling (CVE-2026-23401)

• kernel: nfsd: fix heap overflow in NFSv4.0 LOCK replay cache (CVE-2026-31402)

• kernel: can: raw: fix ro->uniq use-after-free in raw_rcv() (CVE-2026-31532)

• kernel: usbip: validate number_of_packets in usbip_pack_ret_submit() (CVE-2026-31607)

• kernel: md/bitmap: fix GPF in write_page caused by resize race (CVE-2026-43163)

• kernel: RDMA/umem: Fix double dma_buf_unpin in failure path (CVE-2026-43128)

• kernel: "Dirty Frag" is a new universal Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Linux kernel (CVE-2026-43284)

• kernel: "Fragnesia" is a variant of Dirty Frag vulnerability in the ESP/XFRM leading to Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Linux kernel (CVE-2026-46300)

• kernel: Read root-owned files as an unprivileged user (CVE-2026-46333)

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.