Issued at: 2026-07-23
Updated at: 2026-07-23
Synopsis
Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Description
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: crypto: af_alg - zero initialize memory allocated via sock_kmalloc (CVE-2025-71113)
* kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service due to memory leak in tpm2_load_cmd (CVE-2025-71147)
* kernel: flex_proportions: make fprop_new_period() hardirq safe (CVE-2026-23168)
* kernel: cxl/port: Fix use after free of parent_port in cxl_detach_ep() (CVE-2026-31530)
* kernel: xfrm: defensively unhash xfrm_state lists in __xfrm_state_delete (CVE-2026-46116)
* kernel: fanotify: fix false positive on permission events (CVE-2026-46150)
* kernel: drm: Set old handle to NULL before prime swap in change_handle (CVE-2026-46215)
* kernel: drm/xe: Fix error cleanup in xe_exec_queue_create_ioctl() (CVE-2026-52976)
* kernel: drm/xe/dma-buf: fix UAF with retry loop (CVE-2026-52950)
* kernel: ice: fix double-free of tx_buf skb (CVE-2026-53009)
* kernel: Bluetooth: l2cap: Add missing chan lock in l2cap_ecred_reconf_rsp (CVE-2026-53071)
* kernel: can: bcm: thrtimer use-after-free during RX operation teardown ()
Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):
* nfsd_file slab cache objects remaining on kmem_cache_shutdown during nfsd teardown while running bz1477872 testcase (JIRA:Rocky Linux-173103)
* tools/lib/perf/Makefile: libperf includes appended after CFLAGS causes parallel build race, breaking kernel builds [rhel-10.2.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-183975)
* [Rocky Linux10-debug]: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath [rhel-10.2.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-186311)
* ice: driver update 2026-06, part 1 [rhel-10.2.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-191324)
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.