RHSA-2026:75747 — Security Advisory

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.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

• kernel: Linux kernel: Use-after-free in xc5000 tuner driver due to race condition (CVE-2025-39994)

• kernel: gfs2: Fix unlikely race in gdlm_put_lock (CVE-2025-40242)

• kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service in RDMA/bnxt_re driver due to race condition during QP destruction (CVE-2023-54048)

• kernel: nvme-pci: fix mempool alloc size (CVE-2022-50756)

• kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service in QFQ scheduler via child qlen manipulation (CVE-2026-23105)

• kernel: RDMA/uverbs: Validate wqe_size before using it in ib_uverbs_post_send (CVE-2026-45856)

• kernel: gfs2: Fix slab-use-after-free in qd_put (CVE-2026-45861)

• kernel: net/sched: act_ct: Only release RCU read lock after ct_ft (CVE-2026-46319)

• kernel: gfs2: add some missing log locking (CVE-2026-53049)

• kernel: crypto: af_alg - Cap AEAD AD length to 0x80000000 (CVE-2026-52972)

• kernel: net/mlx5: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in mlx5_query_nic_vport_mac_list (CVE-2026-53230)

• kernel: ipvs: clear the svc scheduler ptr early on edit (CVE-2026-53270)

• kernel: net: ip_gre: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink (CVE-2026-63829)

• kernel: KVM: SVM: Fix page overflow in sev_dbg_crypt() for ENCRYPT path (CVE-2026-63794)

• kernel: tunnels: do not assume transport header in iptunnel_pmtud_check_icmp() (CVE-2026-63992)

• kernel: tunnels: load network headers after skb_cow() in iptunnel_pmtud_build_icmpv6 ↗ (CVE-2026-63994)

• kernel: vxlan: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink (CVE-2026-68432)

• kernel: net: ip6_gre: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink (CVE-2026-72052)

• kernel: netfilter: nf_queue: pin bridge device while NFQUEUE holds fake dst (CVE-2026-72255)

• kernel: KVM: SVM: Update x2APIC MSR intercepts if AVIC is inhibited while L2 is active (CVE-2026-74516)

• kernel: netfilter: nf_conntrack_sip: widen NAT rewrite delta to s32 in sip_help_tcp() (CVE-2026-74569)

• kernel: ipvs: clear IPv4 options after rebasing tunnel ICMP errors (CVE-2026-74669)

• kernel: ipvlan: inherit needed_headroom and needed_tailroom from phy_dev (CVE-2026-74744)

• kernel: netfilter: flowtable: publish GC-visible tuple last (CVE-2026-74746)

• kernel: KVM: s390: vsie: zero stale crypto bits (CVE-2026-80921)

• kernel: nvme-tcp: fix host memory disclosure on R2T for a read command (CVE-2026-89481)

• kernel: nvme: add missing SRCU grace period in error path (CVE-2026-89972)

• kernel: nvme/ioctl: check SUBMIT_IO with nvme_cmd_allowed() (CVE-2026-90227)

• kernel: netfilter: nf_conntrack: use get_unaligned_be32() in tcp_sack() (CVE-2026-97417)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

• RHEL8.10 - s390/vfio_ccw: Error path cleanups (JIRA:RHEL-252194)

• RHEL8.10 - s390/topology: Use zero-based numbering (JIRA:RHEL-252199)

• [nfs rhel8.10] Disable async copy on nfsd side (JIRA:RHEL-266661)

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.