ALSA-2026:72468

Vulnerability from osv_almalinux – Published: 2026-09-28 00:00 – Updated: 2026-09-28 16:20 – Source website
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Summary
Important: kernel security update
Details

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

Security Fix(es):

  • kernel: fbcon: Set fb_display[i]->mode to NULL when the mode is released (CVE-2025-40323)
  • kernel: ext4: fix e4b bitmap inconsistency reports (CVE-2026-45942)
  • kernel: drm/amdgpu/vcn3: Prevent OOB reads when parsing dec msg (CVE-2026-46230)
  • kernel: drm/amdgpu/vcn4: Prevent OOB reads when parsing IB (CVE-2026-46204)
  • kernel: drm/amdgpu/vcn4: Prevent OOB reads when parsing dec msg (CVE-2026-46199)
  • kernel: arm64: tlb: Flush walk cache when unsharing PMD tables (CVE-2026-63875)
  • kernel: net: mana: Fix TOCTOU double-fetch of hwc_msg_id from DMA buffer (CVE-2026-64034)
  • kernel: perf/core: Detach event groups during remove_on_exec (CVE-2026-64556)
  • kernel: Linux kernel: libceph stack out-of-bounds write via crafted OSDMap (CVE-2026-68159)
  • kernel: libceph: refresh auth->authorizer_buf{,_len} after authorizer update (CVE-2026-68156)
  • kernel: Linux kernel (libceph): Denial of Service due to malformed monitor maps (CVE-2026-68155)
  • kernel: drm/amdgpu: Fix context pstate override handling (CVE-2026-68273)
  • kernel: perf: Reject exited events as group leaders (CVE-2026-74753)

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.

References
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    "CVE-2026-68273",
    "CVE-2026-74753"
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  "summary": "Important: kernel security update"
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