RHSA-2026:19074HighCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Published
May 19, 2026
Last Modified
November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (4)

CVE-2026-23060 →CVE-2026-31431 →CVE-2026-31677 →CVE-2026-43284 →

📋 Description

CVE-2026-23060 — kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service in authencesn due to too-short AAD CVE-2026-31431 — kernel: crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place CVE-2026-31677 — kernel: crypto: af_alg - limit RX SG extraction by receive buffer budget CVE-2026-43284 — kernel: "Dirty Frag" ESP XFRM variant is a new universal Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Linux kernel

🎯 Affected products200

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 10)
  • kernel-0:6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-0:6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-0:6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-0:6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-0:6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-0:6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-core-0:6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debug-0:6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debug-core-0:6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-0:6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-0:6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-0:6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-0:6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debug-devel-0:6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-0:6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debug-modules-0:6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debug-modules-core-0:6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra-0:6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debuginfo-0:6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debuginfo-0:6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debuginfo-0:6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-debuginfo-0:6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-devel-0:6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-devel-matched-0:6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • kernel-64k-modules-0:6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
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✅ Remediation

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. Workaround: To mitigate this issue, prevent module authenc from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically. Workaround: See the security bulletin for a detailed mitigation procedure.

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