RHSA-2026:19574 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch-4_18_0-553_109_1, kpatch-patch-4_18_0-553_40_1, kpatch-patch-4_18_0-553_53_1, kpatch-patch-4_18_0-553_72_1, and kpatch-patch-4_18_0-553_85_1 security update

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 8

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · May 20, 2026

Updated · October 9, 2026

Topic

An update for multiple packages is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

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-4.18.0-553.40.1.el8_10.

Security Fix(es):

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

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.

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