AlmaLinux recently pushed four important security patches for version 8 that target serious flaws in both system libraries and everyday software. The standard kernel and real-time variants address a local privilege escalation flaw linked to the Dirty Frag vulnerability plus a separate bug that exposed root files to regular users. Audio handling through libsndfile gets corrected for an integer overflow problem while Firefox and Thunderbird finally close memory safety gaps and prevent sandbox escapes in their web media components.

ALSA-2026:19666: kernel security update (Important)
ALSA-2026:19664: kernel-rt security update (Important)
ALSA-2026:19559: libsndfile security update (Important)
ALSA-2026:19588: firefox security update (Important)

ALSA-2026:19666: kernel security update (Important)

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AlmaLinux: 8
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2026-05-20

Summary:

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: "Fragnesia" is a variant of Dirty Frag vulnerability in the ESP/XFRM leading to Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Linux kernel (CVE-2026-46300)
* kernel: Read root-owned files as an unprivileged user (CVE-2026-46333)

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.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-19666.html

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ALSA-2026:19664: kernel-rt security update (Important)

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AlmaLinux: 8
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2026-05-20

Summary:

The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: "Fragnesia" is a variant of Dirty Frag vulnerability in the ESP/XFRM leading to Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Linux kernel (CVE-2026-46300)
* kernel: Read root-owned files as an unprivileged user (CVE-2026-46333)

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.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-19664.html

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ALSA-2026:19559: libsndfile security update (Important)

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AlmaLinux: 8
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2026-05-20

Summary:

libsndfile is a C library for reading and writing files containing sampled sound, such as AIFF, AU, or WAV.

Security Fix(es):

* libsndfile: integer overflow in ima_reader_init() (CVE-2026-37555)

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.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-19559.html

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ALSA-2026:19588: firefox security update (Important)

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AlmaLinux: 8
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2026-05-21

Summary:

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.

Security Fix(es):

* firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.10.1 and Firefox 150.0.1 (CVE-2026-7323)
* firefox: thunderbird: Information disclosure due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Audio/Video component (CVE-2026-7320)
* firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird ESR 140.10.1 and Thunderbird 150.0.1 (CVE-2026-7322)
* firefox: thunderbird: webrtc: Sandbox escape due to incorrect boundary conditions in the WebRTC: Networking component (CVE-2026-7321)

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.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-19588.html

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