Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:19225 - Security Advisory Issued: 2026-05-19 Updated: 2026-05-19 RHSA-2026:19225 - Security Advisory Overview Updated Packages Synopsis Important: kernel security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important 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 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: Linux kernel: Denial of Service in authencesn due to too-short AAD (CVE-2026-23060) kernel: crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place (CVE-2026-31431) kernel: crypto: af_alg - limit RX SG extraction by receive buffer budget (CVE-2026-31677) kernel: "Dirty Frag" ESP XFRM variant is a new universal Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Linux kernel (CVE-2026-43284) 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 for x86_64 9 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.8 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 s390x Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.8 s390x Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.8 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.8 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.8 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.8 x86_64 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 Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.8 x86_64 Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.8 ppc64le Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.8 s390x Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.8 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.8 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.8 s390x Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.8 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.8 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle 9.8 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle 9.8 s390x Fixes BZ - 2436779 - CVE-2026-23060 kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service in authencesn due to too-short AAD BZ - 2460538 - CVE-2026-31431 kernel: crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place BZ - 2461763 - CVE-2026-31677 kernel: crypto: af_alg - limit RX SG extraction by receive buffer budget BZ - 2467771 - CVE-2026-43284 kernel: "Dirty Frag" ESP XFRM variant is a new universal Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Linux kernel CVEs CVE-2026-23060 CVE-2026-31431 CVE-2026-31677 CVE-2026-43284 References https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. 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This Red Hat security advisory addresses multiple kernel vulnerabilities, including a critical Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) flaw in the ESP XFRM component (CVE-2026-43284) and other denial-of-service issues in crypto subsystems. The CVSS scores range from Medium (5.5) to High (7.8) for the detailed CVEs. Affected systems are running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 across all supported architectures, and a full system reboot is required after applying the update.