[Security Advisory] ALSA-2026:53329: kernel 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: 9 Type: Security Severity: Important Release date: 2026-08-13 Summary: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: cxl/port: Fix use after free of parent_port in cxl_detach_ep() (CVE-2026-31530) * kernel: xen: AMD Zen 2 Processors: Privilege escalation via improper CPU cache isolation (CVE-2025-54518) * kernel: mm/slab: do not limit zeroing to orig_size when only red zoning is enabled (CVE-2026-64368) * kernel: net: openvswitch: reject oversized nested action attrs (CVE-2026-64531) Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s): * Kernel oops after increasing max number of mac addresses of a mlx5 VF [almalinux-9.8.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-213036) * AlmaLinux9.4 - s390/pkey: Check length in pkey_pckmo handler implementation [almalinux-9.8.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-215578) * AlmaLinux9.4 - s390/pkey: Check length in PKEY_VERIFYPROTK ioctl [almalinux-9.8.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-215580) * cifs: periodic IO errors when rename races with lease break (JIRA:AlmaLinux-192999) 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/9/ALSA-2026-53329.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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