- What: Security update for kernel
- Impact: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 systems affected
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:18587 - Security Advisory Issued: 2026-05-19 Updated: 2026-05-19 RHSA-2026:18587 - Security Advisory Overview Updated Packages Synopsis Moderate: kernel security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Red Hat Lightspeed patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory. View affected systems Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. 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: bonding: check xdp prog when set bond mode (CVE-2025-22105) kernel: block: fix resource leak in blk_register_queue() error path (CVE-2025-37980) kernel: dmaengine: idxd: fix memory leak in error handling path of idxd_alloc (CVE-2025-38015) kernel: espintcp: remove encap socket caching to avoid reference leak (CVE-2025-38097) kernel: bpf: fix ktls panic with sockmap (CVE-2025-38166) kernel: bpf: Do not include stack ptr register in precision backtracking bookkeeping (CVE-2025-38279) kernel: nfs: Clean up /proc/net/rpc/nfs when nfs_fs_proc_net_init() fails (CVE-2025-38400) kernel: nvmet: fix memory leak of bio integrity (CVE-2025-38405) kernel: netfilter: flowtable: account for Ethernet header in nf_flow_pppoe_proto() (CVE-2025-38441) kernel: net: vlan: fix VLAN 0 refcount imbalance of toggling filtering during runtime (CVE-2025-38470) kernel: fs: writeback: fix use-after-free in __mark_inode_dirty() (CVE-2025-39866) kernel: dm: fix NULL pointer dereference in __dm_suspend() (CVE-2025-40134) kernel: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: fix typo in frequency notification (CVE-2026-23040) kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of service and memory corruption in RDMA umad (CVE-2026-23243) 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. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Release Notes linked from 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 9 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 s390x Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9 aarch64 Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 9 x86_64 Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 9 aarch64 Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 9 s390x Fixes BZ - 2360247 - CVE-2025-22105 kernel: bonding: check xdp prog when set bond mode BZ - 2367614 - CVE-2025-37980 kernel: block: fix resource leak in blk_register_queue() error path BZ - 2373343 - CVE-2025-38015 kernel: dmaengine: idxd: fix memory leak in error handling path of idxd_alloc BZ - 2376060 - CVE-2025-38097 kernel: espintcp: remove encap socket caching to avoid reference leak BZ - 2376065 - CVE-2025-38166 kernel: bpf: fix ktls panic with sockmap BZ - 2379178 - CVE-2025-38279 kernel: bpf: Do not include stack ptr register in precision backtracking bookkeeping BZ - 2383397 - CVE-2025-38400 kernel: nfs: Clean up /proc/net/rpc/nfs when nfs_fs_proc_net_init() fails BZ - 2383399 - CVE-2025-38405 kernel: nvmet: fix memory leak of bio integrity BZ - 2383478 - CVE-2025-38441 kernel: netfilter: flowtable: account for Ethernet header in nf_flow_pppoe_proto() BZ - 2383906 - CVE-2025-38470 kernel: net: vlan: fix VLAN 0 refcount imbalance of toggling filtering during runtime BZ - 2396940 - CVE-2025-39866 kernel: fs: writeback: fix use-after-free in __mark_inode_dirty() BZ - 2414468 - CVE-2025-40134 kernel: dm: fix NULL pointer dereference in __dm_suspend() BZ - 2436806 - CVE-2026-23040 kernel: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: fix typo in frequency notification BZ - 2448594 - CVE-2026-23243 kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of service and memory corruption in RDMA umad RHEL-109634 - [octeon_ep]got some error when set effective mac for vf RHEL-107273 - C9s: add systemd-repart into dracut-virt.conf RHEL-116075 - SCSI updates for 9.8 RHEL-111113 - [RHEL-9.8][octeon_ep]not support multiqueue RHEL-125143 - Missing patch breaks landlock in Fedora containers RHEL-101326 - [Broadcom RHEL9.8 FEAT] megaraid_sas driver update RHEL-101342 - [Broadcom RHEL9.8 FEAT] mpt3sas driver update RHEL-107917 - smartpqi - RHEL9.8 update RHEL-141481 - Fix suspend/resume printk bug in C9s RHEL-95934 - Stalled KVM async page fault resolution [RHEL9] RHEL-9065 - No audit event recorded when not having any rule RHEL-147489 - Jetson Orin Nano display fix RHEL-145938 - Add NVIDIA Jetpack and BF DPU keys to RHEL 9 kernel CVEs CVE-2025-22105 CVE-2025-37980 CVE-2025-38015 CVE-2025-38097 CVE-2025-38166 CVE-2025-38279 CVE-2025-38400 CVE-2025-38405 CVE-2025-38441 CVE-2025-38470 CVE-2025-39866 CVE-2025-40134 CVE-2026-23040 CVE-2026-23243 References https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.8_release_notes/index Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. 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