Red Hat alert RHSA-2026:1194-01 (kernel)
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support. 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. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: ntb_hw_switchtec: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in switchtec_ntb_mw_set_trans (CVE-2023-53034) * kernel: net: openvswitch: fix nested key length validation in the set() action (CVE-2025-37789) * kernel: Linux kernel drm/xe: Out-of-bounds shift in TLB invalidation (CVE-2025-37761) * kernel: Linux kernel: irqchip/gic-v2m use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2025-37819) * kernel: drm/xe: Use local fence in error path of xe_migrate_clear (CVE-2025-37869) * kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of service due to use-after-free in scsi: lpfc (CVE-2025-38289) * kernel: Bluetooth: ISO: Fix possible UAF on iso_conn_free (CVE-2025-40141) * kernel: mptcp: fix race condition in mptcp_schedule_work() (CVE-2025-40258) * kernel: devlink: rate: Unset parent pointer in devl_rate_nodes_destroy (CVE-2025-40251) * kernel: Bluetooth: hci_sync: fix race in hci_cmd_sync_dequeue_once (CVE-2025-40318) * kernel: drm/vmwgfx: Validate command header size against SVGA_CMD_MAX_DATASIZE (CVE-2025-40277) 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. This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.Original: https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_1194.json