Issued:: 2026-05-06
Updated:: 2026-05-06

RHSA-2026:13936 - Important: kernel security update

Synopsis

Important: kernel security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

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):

kernel: scsi: mpi3mr: Synchronous access b/w reset and tm thread for reply queue (CVE-2025-37861)
kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service due to a deadlock in hugetlb folio migration (CVE-2026-23097)
kernel: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix use-after-free in iscsit_dec_session_usage_count() (CVE-2026-23193)
kernel: ALSA: aloop: Fix racy access at PCM trigger (CVE-2026-23191)
kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of service and memory corruption in RDMA umad (CVE-2026-23243)
kernel: Linux kernel KVM: Privilege escalation or denial of service due to improper shadow page table entry handling (CVE-2026-23401)
kernel: nfsd: fix heap overflow in NFSv4.0 LOCK replay cache (CVE-2026-31402)
kernel: crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place (CVE-2026-31431)

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.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

Affected Products

Product	Version	Arch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions	9.0	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates	9.0	s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates	9.0	aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions	9.0	ppc64le

Updated Packages

kernel-tools-libs-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-tools-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
bpftool-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.src.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-matched-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-core-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-devel-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-headers-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-devel-matched-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
perf-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
bpftool-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-tools-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-devel-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
perf-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
perf-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-core-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
python3-perf-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-core-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-matched-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-matched-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
python3-perf-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-headers-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-core-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-abi-stablelists-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.noarch.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
bpftool-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
bpftool-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
perf-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-core-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-headers-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-core-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-zfcpdump-core-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-core-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
kernel-doc-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

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