RHSA-2026:70290 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support.

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: fanotify: fix false positive on permission events (CVE-2026-46150)
• kernel: USB: serial: io_ti: fix heap overflow in get_manuf_info() (CVE-2026-53196)
• kernel: i2c: stub: Reject I2C block transfers with invalid length (CVE-2026-64191)
• kernel: sctp: don't free the ASCONF's own transport in DEL-IP processing (CVE-2026-64564)

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.

Red Hat recommends treating all kernel errata as security-relevant. Given the kernel's fundamental role, any bug has a higher chance of impacting system security, even if that impact only becomes clear after a fix is published. Therefore, Red Hat prioritizes delivering fixes that improve our customers' overall security posture.

Because of this proactive approach, a patch may be associated with a CVE assignment at a future date. Retroactive CVE assignments are always documented in the corresponding errata and on Red Hat's CVE pages. We strongly advise against delaying updates, as doing so may leave your system exposed when protections are already available.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 2482612 - CVE-2026-46150 kernel: fanotify: fix false positive on permission events
• BZ - 2492750 - CVE-2026-53196 kernel: USB: serial: io_ti: fix heap overflow in get_manuf_info()
• BZ - 2502872 - CVE-2026-64191 kernel: i2c: stub: Reject I2C block transfers with invalid length
• BZ - 2510890 - CVE-2026-64564 kernel: sctp: don't free the ASCONF's own transport in DEL-IP processing

CVEs

• CVE-2026-46150
• CVE-2026-53196
• CVE-2026-64191
• CVE-2026-64564

References

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