Five security updates have been released for Rocky Linux systems, affecting both version 8 and version 9 distributions. The kernel received two separate moderate severity patches while the real-time variant also got updated on Rocky Linux 8. Two important severity fixes were issued for libarchive and capstone packages on Rocky Linux 9.

RLSA-2026:3964: Moderate: kernel-rt security update
RLSA-2026:3963: Moderate: kernel security update
RLSA-2026:5080: Important: libarchive security update
RLSA-2026:4898: Important: capstone security update
RLSA-2026:4759: Moderate: kernel security update

RLSA-2026:3964: Moderate: kernel-rt security update

An update is available for kernel-rt.
This update affects Rocky Linux 8.
A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list

RLSA-2026:3964: Moderate: kernel-rt security update

RLSA-2026:3963: Moderate: kernel security update

An update is available for kernel.
This update affects Rocky Linux 8.
A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list

RLSA-2026:3963: Moderate: kernel security update

RLSA-2026:5080: Important: libarchive security update

An update is available for libarchive.
This update affects Rocky Linux 9.
A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list

RLSA-2026:5080: Important: libarchive security update

RLSA-2026:4898: Important: capstone security update

An update is available for capstone.
This update affects Rocky Linux 9.
A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list

RLSA-2026:4898: Important: capstone security update

RLSA-2026:4759: Moderate: kernel security update

An update is available for kernel.
This update affects Rocky Linux 9.
A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list

RLSA-2026:4759: Moderate: kernel security update