RHSA-2026:71330 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security update
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ImportantRed Hat Product Security
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Published · September 24, 2026
Updated · November 4, 2026
Topic
An update for kernel-rt 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-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.
Security Fix(es):
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kernel: drm/amdgpu: Fix fence put before wait in amdgpu_amdkfd_submit_ib (CVE-2026-31566)
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kernel: netfilter: nf_queue: hold bridge skb->dev while queued (CVE-2026-52912)
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kernel: Linux kernel: PPPoE memory corruption via stale pointer (CVE-2026-68121)
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kernel: Linux kernel IPVS: Denial of Service due to stale memory references (CVE-2026-80714)
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kernel: nvme-tcp: reject a read that transferred too few bytes (CVE-2026-89480)
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.