RHSA-2026:25217 — 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: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix use-after-free in iscsit_dec_conn_usage_count() (CVE-2026-23216)

• kernel: Linux kernel: Use-after-free in bonding driver leads to denial of service (CVE-2026-31419)

• kernel: net: openvswitch: Avoid releasing netdev before teardown completes (CVE-2026-31508)

• kernel: ALSA: 6fire: fix use-after-free on disconnect (CVE-2026-31581)

• kernel: ip6_tunnel: clear skb2->cb[] in ip4ip6_err() (CVE-2026-43037)

• kernel: net: mana: fix use-after-free in add_adev() error path (CVE-2026-43056)

• kernel: netfilter: ctnetlink: ensure safe access to master conntrack (CVE-2026-43116)

• kernel: dlm: validate length in dlm_search_rsb_tree (CVE-2026-43125)

• kernel: ipv6: rpl: reserve mac_len headroom when recompressed SRH grows (CVE-2026-43501)

• kernel: RDMA/rxe: Fix double free in rxe_srq_from_init (CVE-2026-45852)

• kernel: RDMA/mlx4: Fix mis-use of RCU in mlx4_srq_event() (CVE-2026-46181)

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.