{"id":"RLSA-2026:2264","summary":"Moderate: kernel security update","details":"The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* kernel: vsock/vmci: Clear the vmci transport packet properly when initializing it (CVE-2025-38403)\n\n* kernel: net: use dst_dev_rcu() in sk_setup_caps() (CVE-2025-40170)\n\n* kernel: ipv6: use RCU in ip6_xmit() (CVE-2025-40135)\n\n* kernel: ipv6: use RCU in ip6_output() (CVE-2025-40158)\n\n* kernel: Linux kernel ALSA USB audio driver: Buffer overflow leading to information disclosure and denial of service (CVE-2025-40269)\n\n* kernel: ext4: fix use-after-free in ext4_orphan_cleanup (CVE-2022-50673)\n\n* kernel: NFSv4/pNFS: Clear NFS_INO_LAYOUTCOMMIT in pnfs_mark_layout_stateid_invalid (CVE-2025-68349)\n\n* kernel: nvme-tcp: fix NULL pointer dereferences in nvmet_tcp_build_pdu_iovec (CVE-2026-22998)\n\nFor 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.","modified":"2026-02-15T09:30:29.551875Z","published":"2026-02-15T09:02:43.921640Z","upstream":["CVE-2022-50673","CVE-2025-38403","CVE-2025-40135","CVE-2025-40158","CVE-2025-40170","CVE-2025-40269","CVE-2025-68349","CVE-2026-22998"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:2264"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2383421"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2414506"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2414521"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2414523"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2419919"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2420347"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2424880"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2432671"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kernel","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/kernel?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:4.18.0-553.104.1.el8_10"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"BaseOS"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:2264.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}