[Security Advisory] ALSA-2026:50979: kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Important)
Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 8 Type: Security Severity: Important Release date: 2026-08-06 Summary: 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: xen: AMD Zen 2 Processors: Privilege escalation via improper CPU cache isolation (CVE-2025-54518) Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s): * Kernel crash in bpf_for_each_array_elem() due to missing backport of upstream commit 4b6313cf99b0 (JIRA:AlmaLinux-191844) * gfs2: xfstests generic/363 failure [almalinux-8.10.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-214099) * AlmaLinux8: HYPERV hv_storvsc driver can we add additional code to allow PERSISTENT_RESERVE_IN [AlmaLinux 8.10Z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-188270) 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. Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-50979.html This message is automatically generated, please don’t reply. For further questions, please, contact us via the AlmaLinux community chat: https://chat.almalinux.org/. Want to change your notification settings? Sign in and manage mailing lists on https://lists.almalinux.org. Kind regards, AlmaLinux Team
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