RHSA-2026:35894 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On.

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

Security Fix(es):

• kernel: Bluetooth: SCO: Fix use-after-free in sco_recv_frame() due to missing sock_hold (CVE-2026-31408)
• kernel: mptcp: fix slab-use-after-free in __inet_lookup_established (CVE-2026-31669)
• kernel: ALSA: usb-audio: Add sanity check for OOB writes at silencing (CVE-2026-43279)
• kernel: tcp: fix potential race in tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock() (CVE-2026-43198)
• kernel: gfs2: Fix use-after-free in iomap inline data write path (CVE-2026-45984)
• kernel: RDMA/mlx4: Fix mis-use of RCU in mlx4_srq_event() (CVE-2026-46181)

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 - Extended Life Cycle Long Life 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2455334 - CVE-2026-31408 kernel: Bluetooth: SCO: Fix use-after-free in sco_recv_frame() due to missing sock_hold
• BZ - 2461503 - CVE-2026-31669 kernel: mptcp: fix slab-use-after-free in __inet_lookup_established
• BZ - 2467215 - CVE-2026-43279 kernel: ALSA: usb-audio: Add sanity check for OOB writes at silencing
• BZ - 2467228 - CVE-2026-43198 kernel: tcp: fix potential race in tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock()
• BZ - 2481922 - CVE-2026-45984 kernel: gfs2: Fix use-after-free in iomap inline data write path
• BZ - 2482532 - CVE-2026-46181 kernel: RDMA/mlx4: Fix mis-use of RCU in mlx4_srq_event()

CVEs

• CVE-2026-31408
• CVE-2026-31669
• CVE-2026-43198
• CVE-2026-43279
• CVE-2026-45984
• CVE-2026-46181

References

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