RHSA-2026:33743 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · July 1, 2026
Updated · October 17, 2026
Topic
An update for kernel 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
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
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kernel: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix use-after-free in iscsit_dec_conn_usage_count() (CVE-2026-23216)
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kernel: gfs2: Fix use-after-free in iomap inline data write path (CVE-2026-45984)
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kernel: RDMA/vmw_pvrdma: Fix double free on pvrdma_alloc_ucontext() error path (CVE-2026-46189)
Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):
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[RHEL 8.10.z] Add an .sbat section to the x86 kernel (JIRA:RHEL-182788)
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Incorrect message "NFS: Server wrote zero bytes" is shown in the logs (JIRA:RHEL-147665)
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.