Issued at: 2026-04-25
Updated at: 2026-04-26
Synopsis
Important: kernel security update
Description
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix improper freeing of purex item (CVE-2025-68741)
* kernel: ALSA: aloop: Fix racy access at PCM trigger (CVE-2026-23191)
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.
Affected products
Rocky Linux 8 aarch64
Rocky Linux 8 x86_64
Fixes
2425046
2439947
CVEs
CVE-2025-68741
CVE-2026-23191
Affected packages
Rocky Linux 8 aarch64 - BaseOS
bpftool-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
kernel-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
kernel-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.src.rpm
kernel-abi-stablelists-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm
kernel-core-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
kernel-devel-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
kernel-doc-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm
kernel-modules-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
perf-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
Rocky Linux 8 x86_64 - BaseOS
bpftool-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.src.rpm
kernel-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-abi-stablelists-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm
kernel-core-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm
kernel-modules-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
perf-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
Rocky Linux 8 aarch64 - PowerTools
kernel-tools-libs-devel-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
Rocky Linux 8 x86_64 - PowerTools
kernel-tools-libs-devel-0:4.18.0-553.120.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm