RHSA-2026:59146 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch-4_18_0-553_109_1, kpatch-patch-4_18_0-553_125_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
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · August 25, 2026
Updated · October 7, 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-4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10.
Security Fix(es):
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kernel: rtmutex: Use waiter::task instead of current in remove_waiter() (CVE-2026-43499)
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kernel: gfs2: Fix use-after-free in iomap inline data write path (CVE-2026-45984)
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kernel: xfrm: defensively unhash xfrm_state lists in __xfrm_state_delete (CVE-2026-46116)
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kernel: sctp: revalidate list cursor after sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc() in SCTP_SENDALL (CVE-2026-46227)
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.