The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
kernel: ksm: use range-walk function to jump over holes in scangetnextrmapitem (CVE-2025-68211)
kernel: ip6tunnel: use skbvlaninetprepare() in __ip6tnlrcv() (CVE-2026-23003)
kernel: netfilter: nftsetpipapo_avx2: don't return non-matching entry on expiry (CVE-2026-43114)
kernel: sctp: purge outqueue on stale COOKIE-ECHO handling (CVE-2026-52924)
kernel: netfilter: xt_policy: fix strict mode inbound policy matching (CVE-2026-52920)
kernel: zram: fix use-after-free in zrambvecwrite_partial() (CVE-2026-53185)
kernel: netfilter: require Ethernet MAC header before using eth_hdr() (CVE-2026-53131)
kernel: netfilter: conntrack_irc: fix possible out-of-bounds read (CVE-2026-53268)
kernel: i2c: stub: Reject I2C block transfers with invalid length (CVE-2026-64191)
kernel: netfilter: ipset: fix race between dump and ipsetlist resize (CVE-2026-64189)
kernel: Input: synaptics-rmi4 - bound the F3A keymap to the GPIO count (CVE-2026-64277)
kernel: Input: synaptics-rmi4 - bound the F30 keymap to the GPIO/LED count (CVE-2026-64276)
kernel: net: ipv6: use-after-free in fib6rulesuppress due to stale res->rt6 pointer (CVE-2026-74581)
Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):
[Rocky Linux-9.8.z] Intel CWF: CPU is unable to obtain cstate1 on idle system (JIRA:Rocky Linux-166118)
ss core dumped when there is an SCTP session [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-212398)
[IBM 9.9 FEAT] zcrypt driver overwrite function - kernel part [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-245333)
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.
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