Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: openvswitch: defer tunnel netdev_put to RCU release (CVE-2026-31678) * kernel: xfrm: espintcp: do not reuse an in-progress partial send (CVE-2026-52935) * kernel: sctp: diag: reject stale associations in dump_one path (CVE-2026-52917) * kernel: tipc: fix slab-use-after-free Read in tipc_aead_decrypt_done (CVE-2026-63801) * kernel: sctp: fix race between sctp_wait_for_connect and peeloff (CVE-2026-63971) * kernel: usb: typec: tcpm: bound altmode_desc[] per iteration in svdm_consume_modes() (CVE-2026-63962) * kernel: sctp: avoid auth_enable sysctl UAF during netns teardown (CVE-2026-68162) * kernel: tipc: clear sock->sk on the failed-insert path in tipc_sk_create() (CVE-2026-68117) * kernel: sctp: auth: verify auth requirement when auth_chunk is NULL (CVE-2026-68300) * kernel: sctp: validate stream count in sctp_process_strreset_inreq() (CVE-2026-68315) * kernel: Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix advertising data UAFs (CVE-2026-74509) * kernel: sctp: keep chunk->transport in step with the list it is queued on (CVE-2026-74588) * kernel: sctp: validate cookie AUTH state before use (CVE-2026-74752) * kernel: smb: client: reject a tree connect response whose byte count is too small (CVE-2026-89631) * kernel: smb: client: fix OOB read/write from unvalidated DataOffset in coalesce_t2() (CVE-2026-89633) * kernel: signal: Prevent exec() race (CVE-2026-98256) * kernel: exec: Cleanup
- Products
- kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0:6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-31678, CVE-2026-52917, CVE-2026-52935, CVE-2026-63801, CVE-2026-63962, CVE-2026-63971, CVE-2026-68117, CVE-2026-68162, CVE-2026-68300, CVE-2026-68315, CVE-2026-74509, CVE-2026-74588, CVE-2026-74752, CVE-2026-89631, CVE-2026-89633, CVE-2026-98256, CVE-2026-98260
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:10 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 21 Oct 2026, 12:08 UTC
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: openvswitch: defer tunnel netdev_put to RCU release (CVE-2026-31678) * kernel: xfrm: espintcp: do not reuse an in-progress partial send (CVE-2026-52935) * kernel: sctp: diag: reject stale associations in dump_one path (CVE-2026-52917) * kernel: tipc: fix slab-use-after-free Read in tipc_aead_decrypt_done (CVE-2026-63801) * kernel: sctp: fix race between sctp_wait_for_connect and peeloff (CVE-2026-63971) * kernel: usb: typec: tcpm: bound altmode_desc[] per iteration in svdm_consume_modes() (CVE-2026-63962) * kernel: sctp: avoid auth_enable sysctl UAF during netns teardown (CVE-2026-68162) * kernel: tipc: clear sock->sk on the failed-insert path in tipc_sk_create() (CVE-2026-68117) * kernel: sctp: auth: verify auth requirement when auth_chunk is NULL (CVE-2026-68300) * kernel: sctp: validate stream count in sctp_process_strreset_inreq() (CVE-2026-68315) * kernel: Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix advertising data UAFs (CVE-2026-74509) * kernel: sctp: keep chunk->transport in step with the list it is queued on (CVE-2026-74588) * kernel: sctp: validate cookie AUTH state before use (CVE-2026-74752) * kernel: smb: client: reject a tree connect response whose byte count is too small (CVE-2026-89631) * kernel: smb: client: fix OOB read/write from unvalidated DataOffset in coalesce_t2() (CVE-2026-89633) * kernel: signal: Prevent exec() race (CVE-2026-98256) * kernel: exec: Cleanup
osv:RLSA-2026:85321
kernel
Fixed versions: 0:6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
Complete source record
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