Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:5727 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2026-03-25
Updated:
2026-03-25

RHSA-2026:5727 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Moderate: kernel security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

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Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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: Linux kernel: RDMA/rxe use-after-free vulnerability leading to potential arbitrary code execution (CVE-2025-38024)
  • kernel: sctp: avoid NULL dereference when chunk data buffer is missing (CVE-2025-40240)
  • kernel: ipv6: BUG() in pskb_expand_head() as part of calipso_skbuff_setattr() (CVE-2025-71085)

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 Server - AUS 8.2 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 2373354 - CVE-2025-38024 kernel: Linux kernel: RDMA/rxe use-after-free vulnerability leading to potential arbitrary code execution
  • BZ - 2418832 - CVE-2025-40240 kernel: sctp: avoid NULL dereference when chunk data buffer is missing
  • BZ - 2429026 - CVE-2025-71085 kernel: ipv6: BUG() in pskb_expand_head() as part of calipso_skbuff_setattr()

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.2

SRPM
kernel-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 0b183a81e254a3953dafb2bb2f520bcc46fc8a4ea34152ef28b68a35f22ba814
x86_64
bpftool-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e13bd711c8903f2ae6e2a3a302e32189a5df04d1f76814de9c1f346e9f483c51
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6ffb0324df9a16313c2b55c16692151ca35977ad5cd0d55b8b7cd886e339441a
kernel-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1559e4bfba1bc2ddf7c9619d0e25fa0d72d053cd819837b319aa89a7b63d1fff
kernel-abi-whitelists-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 6fa49ddb8436bdd64c4efbc7f729ffcc181b0c1ac1b6baf232a3e7e6f1ce2245
kernel-core-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c0dbff365c3b1b2773306666bb8056abe149d05a6c66624f51bae51ba22347e2
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f0adb6f4023291aeeb0d41e16db3289660e12c691021865c33b5daf19d32d61d
kernel-debug-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 19dc613d154a43bbc821ed143593ec48bac98077348c12e075aa34ec128d9677
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: cd7cff4df9e3855b4c543bca0a62375eabe56b7229e8bfa80e0a8c1e2f2da0be
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e2181d47b57994cc119e0314639b32f28396f8d23a774747bc779d6d59954b71
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 95ea7a4e1ae7de841b0a782f54729c2b015e3bdf395ad7b0d3f14499fec72dee
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 215ad81ed9147cf66b5c445e533b3ff356f195d5a2ace1676a2b47bd40127aca
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7131fa0fb012bebf5eb91d2d0908de7a2c7f22cad11f7b1833a62250f564d3a7
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0e7408481427a6f458f7b9ee73dc05d0cf7135dba57c0a4ac8036de6b6446695
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6b38e37f6467954672f72f5e646135cce0ebc7a85115e2f9f82df02ae1a05609
kernel-devel-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ae690d005d3b0c7c6df6712b53d48b42bc695c2ad753b6352ad5a9d07f9fe447
kernel-doc-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 0047b88ed89ce6735e7d11f18d74161f49717efa71d6c444112f05e534639946
kernel-headers-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5982591b10d80fe6a78e09821a425ccc54d984432aa72c552289592695e94c59
kernel-modules-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d19357d93b1b04ad839edc2c94f4827bd97e25f60c90357de25acbe08a4d197b
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 308faa2847e6cfba5f17c08d49174f724ddd12d6b5205a0e935645ada9913538
kernel-tools-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1c56df6c9c84ab973405d4ddcbe979854ff08788e92a3d110a9361f7056b7db3
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f3b614cdfde8cf03963e44492b506760f221776b17e509908a7bfe931c33f23d
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d44c449de99dbfd7437aed78c29ed4612b3a52588b0af138d5d4ee368e5d4d7a
perf-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4d2b6e5df986f571435a5c62968304813ff5835aa958b8f30c31cb82049d81e9
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 63febc4aac21b5880246ce1ddc44592d87512eded8eecf90602aa07ec9dea1d9
python3-perf-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d232aaf8ac64cb0f1a442fc41dd42a6ed56d179f83ddcd6775d431c30581b491
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-193.190.1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e83df16dc7845033ddc95dc2f852bbd79e9d516d34f7acbd01208ba023d2ae5a

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