AlmaLinux alert ALSA-2026:1662 (kernel)

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[Announce] [Security Advisory] ALSA-2026:1662: kernel security update (Moderate)
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Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:09:05 +0000
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AlmaLinux: 8
Type: Security
Severity: Moderate
Release date: 2026-02-02

Summary:

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.  

Security Fix(es):  

  * kernel: IB/hfi1: Fix sdma.h tx->num_descs off-by-one error (CVE-2024-26766)
  * kernel: RDMA/core: Fix "KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in ib_register_device" problem
(CVE-2025-38022)
  * kernel: Linux kernel: RDMA/rxe use-after-free vulnerability leading to potential arbitrary code
execution (CVE-2025-38024)
  * kernel: Linux kernel: Memory corruption in Squashfs due to incorrect block size calculation
(CVE-2025-38415)
  * kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service in ATM CLIP module via infinite recursion
(CVE-2025-38459)
  * kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service via out-of-bounds read in USB configuration parsing
(CVE-2025-39760)
  * kernel: mptcp: fix race condition in mptcp_schedule_work() (CVE-2025-40258)
  * kernel: Linux kernel: Use-after-free in proc_readdir_de() can lead to privilege escalation or
denial of service. (CVE-2025-40271)
  * kernel: Linux kernel: Information disclosure and denial of service via out-of-bounds read in
font glyph handling (CVE-2025-40322)
  * kernel: tcp: fix a signed-integer-overflow bug in tcp_add_backlog() (CVE-2022-50865)


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-2026-1662.html

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