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AlmaLinux released three kernel security errata for version 9 to address a wide array of system vulnerabilities. These notifications cover important and moderate severity issues while patching dozens of CVEs across networking and virtualization stacks. Dangerous flaws like Dirty Frag privilege escalation and unauthorized file access require immediate attention from system operators. You should apply these packages quickly to keep your servers secure.

ALSA-2026:21556: kernel security update (Important)
ALSA-2026:18587: kernel security update (Moderate)
ALSA-2026:19568: kernel security update (Important)




ALSA-2026:21556: kernel security update (Important)


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AlmaLinux: 9
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2026-06-07

Summary:

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: proc: use the same treatment to check proc_lseek as ones for proc_read_iter et.al (CVE-2025-38653)
* kernel: ima: don't clear IMA_DIGSIG flag when setting or removing non-IMA xattr (CVE-2025-68183)
* kernel: nbd: defer config unlock in nbd_genl_connect (CVE-2025-68366)
* kernel: crypto: asymmetric_keys - prevent overflow in asymmetric_key_generate_id (CVE-2025-68724)
* kernel: iommu: disable SVA when CONFIG_X86 is set (CVE-2025-71089)
* kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: release flowtable after rcu grace period on error (CVE-2026-23392)
* kernel: netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: check for zero length in DecodeQ931() (CVE-2026-23455)
* kernel: Bluetooth: SCO: Fix use-after-free in sco_recv_frame() due to missing sock_hold (CVE-2026-31408)
* kernel: net: sched: act_csum: validate nested VLAN headers (CVE-2026-31684)
* kernel: netfilter: ip6t_eui64: reject invalid MAC header for all packets (CVE-2026-31685)
* kernel: netfilter: nf_conntrack_helper: pass helper to expect cleanup (CVE-2026-43027)
* kernel: Bluetooth: MGMT: validate LTK enc_size on load (CVE-2026-43020)
* kernel: HID: wacom: fix out-of-bounds read in wacom_intuos_bt_irq (CVE-2026-43051)
* kernel: smb: client: validate the whole DACL before rewriting it in cifsacl (CVE-2026-31709)
* kernel: Bluetooth: SCO: fix race conditions in sco_sock_connect() (CVE-2026-43023)
* kernel: wifi: brcmfmac: validate bsscfg indices in IF events (CVE-2026-43110)
* kernel: netfilter: xt_tcpmss: check remaining length before reading optlen (CVE-2026-43190)
* kernel: xfs: fix freemap adjustments when adding xattrs to leaf blocks (CVE-2026-43158)
* kernel: mm/page_alloc: clear page->private in free_pages_prepare() (CVE-2026-43303)

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/9/ALSA-2026-21556.html

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ALSA-2026:18587: kernel security update (Moderate)


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AlmaLinux: 9
Type: Security
Severity: Moderate
Release date: 2026-06-07

Summary:

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: bonding: check xdp prog when set bond mode (CVE-2025-22105)
* kernel: block: fix resource leak in blk_register_queue() error path (CVE-2025-37980)
* kernel: dmaengine: idxd: fix memory leak in error handling path of idxd_alloc (CVE-2025-38015)
* kernel: espintcp: remove encap socket caching to avoid reference leak (CVE-2025-38097)
* kernel: bpf: fix ktls panic with sockmap (CVE-2025-38166)
* kernel: bpf: Do not include stack ptr register in precision backtracking bookkeeping (CVE-2025-38279)
* kernel: nfs: Clean up /proc/net/rpc/nfs when nfs_fs_proc_net_init() fails (CVE-2025-38400)
* kernel: nvmet: fix memory leak of bio integrity (CVE-2025-38405)
* kernel: netfilter: flowtable: account for Ethernet header in nf_flow_pppoe_proto() (CVE-2025-38441)
* kernel: net: vlan: fix VLAN 0 refcount imbalance of toggling filtering during runtime (CVE-2025-38470)
* kernel: fs: writeback: fix use-after-free in __mark_inode_dirty() (CVE-2025-39866)
* kernel: dm: fix NULL pointer dereference in __dm_suspend() (CVE-2025-40134)
* kernel: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: fix typo in frequency notification (CVE-2026-23040)
* kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of service and memory corruption in RDMA umad (CVE-2026-23243)

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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinuxRelease Notes linked from the References section.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-18587.html

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ALSA-2026:19568: kernel security update (Important)


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AlmaLinux: 9
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2026-06-07

Summary:

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: net/sched: Make cake_enqueue return NET_XMIT_CN when past buffer_limit (CVE-2025-39766)
* kernel: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix improper freeing of purex item (CVE-2025-68741)
* kernel: libceph: make decode_pool() more resilient against corrupted osdmaps (CVE-2025-71116)
* kernel: libceph: prevent potential out-of-bounds reads in handle_auth_done() (CVE-2026-22984)
* kernel: libceph: replace overzealous BUG_ON in osdmap_apply_incremental() (CVE-2026-22990)
* kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service in libceph OSD client due to unreset sparse-read state (CVE-2026-23136)
* kernel: net/sched: cls_u32: use skb_header_pointer_careful() (CVE-2026-23204)
* kernel: Linux kernel: Use-after-free in traffic control (act_ct) may lead to denial of service or privilege escalation (CVE-2026-23270)
* 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: can: raw: fix ro->uniq use-after-free in raw_rcv() (CVE-2026-31532)
* kernel: usbip: validate number_of_packets in usbip_pack_ret_submit() (CVE-2026-31607)
* kernel: md/bitmap: fix GPF in write_page caused by resize race (CVE-2026-43163)
* kernel: RDMA/umem: Fix double dma_buf_unpin in failure path (CVE-2026-43128)
* kernel: "Dirty Frag" is a new universal Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Linux kernel (CVE-2026-43284)
* 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/9/ALSA-2026-19568.html

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