RHSA-2026:47869 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · July 29, 2026
Updated · November 4, 2026
Topic
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service.
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: KVM: x86: Don't (re)check L1 intercepts when completing userspace I/O (CVE-2025-40026)
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kernel: drm/amd/display: Do not skip unrelated mode changes in DSC validation (CVE-2026-31488)
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kernel: net: sched: act_csum: validate nested VLAN headers (CVE-2026-31684)
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kernel: xfrm: defensively unhash xfrm_state lists in __xfrm_state_delete (CVE-2026-46116)
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kernel: nvmet-tcp: fix race between ICReq handling and queue teardown (CVE-2026-46135)
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.