RHSA-2026:92997 — Security Advisory

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.

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

Security Fix(es):

• kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service in qla2xxx SCSI driver due to improper command handling after chip reset (CVE-2025-68745)

• kernel: ALSA: 6fire: fix use-after-free on disconnect (CVE-2026-31581)

• kernel: crypto: pcrypt - Fix handling of MAY_BACKLOG requests (CVE-2026-43493)

• kernel: net: bridge: use a stable FDB dst snapshot in RCU readers (CVE-2026-46086)

• kernel: procfs: fix missing RCU protection when reading real_parent in do_task_stat() (CVE-2026-46259)

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

• kernel: mac802154: llsec: add skb_cow_data() before in-place crypto (CVE-2026-63831)

• kernel: selinux: check connect-related permissions on TCP Fast Open (CVE-2026-72243)

• kernel: ALSA: usx2y: bound the hwdep mmap fault offset (CVE-2026-74641)

• kernel: scsi: qla2xxx: Bound rsp_info_len to avoid OOB sense-data read (CVE-2026-89846)

• kernel: kernel: strparser: use-after-free via msg_timer_work rearm after strp_done() cancellation ()

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.