RHSA-2026:14301 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

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: nvme: avoid double free special payload (CVE-2024-41073)
• kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service due to a deadlock in hugetlb folio migration (CVE-2026-23097)
• kernel: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix use-after-free in iscsit_dec_session_usage_count() (CVE-2026-23193)
• kernel: ALSA: aloop: Fix racy access at PCM trigger (CVE-2026-23191)
• kernel: nfsd: fix heap overflow in NFSv4.0 LOCK replay cache (CVE-2026-31402)
• kernel: crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place (CVE-2026-31431)

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.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.2 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2301637 - CVE-2024-41073 kernel: nvme: avoid double free special payload
• BZ - 2436802 - CVE-2026-23097 kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service due to a deadlock in hugetlb folio migration
• BZ - 2439887 - CVE-2026-23193 kernel: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix use-after-free in iscsit_dec_session_usage_count()
• BZ - 2439947 - CVE-2026-23191 kernel: ALSA: aloop: Fix racy access at PCM trigger
• BZ - 2454844 - CVE-2026-31402 kernel: nfsd: fix heap overflow in NFSv4.0 LOCK replay cache
• BZ - 2460538 - CVE-2026-31431 kernel: crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place

CVEs

• CVE-2024-41073
• CVE-2026-23097
• CVE-2026-23191
• CVE-2026-23193
• CVE-2026-31402
• CVE-2026-31431
• CVE-2026-43077

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important