Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:20593 - Security Advisory Issued: 2026-05-26 Updated: 2026-05-26 RHSA-2026:20593 - 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 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions. 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: proc: fix UAF in proc_get_inode() (CVE-2025-21999) kernel: Linux kernel (qla2xxx): Double free vulnerability leads to denial of service and potential privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-71238) kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of service and memory corruption in RDMA umad (CVE-2026-23243) kernel: Linux kernel KVM: Privilege escalation or denial of service due to improper shadow page table entry handling (CVE-2026-23401) kernel: can: raw: fix ro->uniq use-after-free in raw_rcv() (CVE-2026-31532) kernel: "Fragnesia" is a variant of Dirty Frag vulnerability in the ESP/XFRM leading to Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Linux kernel (CVE-2026-46300) kernel: Read root-owned files as an unprivileged user (CVE-2026-46333) 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 Server - AUS 9.2 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.2 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.2 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.2 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.2 s390x Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.2 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.2 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle 9.2 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle 9.2 s390x Fixes BZ - 2357134 - CVE-2025-21999 kernel: proc: fix UAF in proc_get_inode() BZ - 2444398 - CVE-2025-71238 kernel: Linux kernel (qla2xxx): Double free vulnerability leads to denial of service and potential privilege escalation. BZ - 2448594 - CVE-2026-23243 kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of service and memory corruption in RDMA umad BZ - 2453803 - CVE-2026-23401 kernel: Linux kernel KVM: Privilege escalation or denial of service due to improper shadow page table entry handling BZ - 2461107 - CVE-2026-31532 kernel: can: raw: fix ro->uniq use-after-free in raw_rcv() BZ - 2477015 - CVE-2026-46300 kernel: "Fragnesia" is a variant of Dirty Frag vulnerability in the ESP/XFRM leading to Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Linux kernel BZ - 2477802 - CVE-2026-46333 kernel: Read root-owned files as an unprivileged user CVEs CVE-2025-21999 CVE-2025-71238 CVE-2026-23243 CVE-2026-23401 CVE-2026-31532 CVE-2026-46300 CVE-2026-46333 References https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details. 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This Red Hat kernel security update addresses multiple vulnerabilities, including local privilege escalation via the "Fragnesia" Dirty Frag variant in ESP/XFRM (CVE-2026-46300) and a use-after-free in proc_get_inode() (CVE-2025-21999, CVSS 7.8). Affected Linux kernel versions include 2.6.23 through 6.1.131, 6.2 through 6.6.84, and 6.7 through 6.12.20, with fixes available in versions 6.1.132, 6.6.85, and 6.12.21 respectively. A system reboot is required after applying the update.