RHSA-2026:1703HighCVSS 7.1

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Published
February 2, 2026
Last Modified
October 30, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (3)

CVE-2025-68301 →CVE-2025-21863 →CVE-2025-40248 →

📋 Description

CVE-2025-21863 — kernel: io_uring: prevent opcode speculation CVE-2025-40248 — kernel: Linux kernel: vsock vulnerability may lead to memory corruption CVE-2025-68301 — kernel: net: atlantic: fix fragment overflow handling in RX path

🎯 Affected products200

  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-570.84.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-570.84.1.el9_6.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-570.84.1.el9_6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-570.84.1.el9_6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-570.84.1.el9_6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-0:5.14.0-570.84.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-core-0:5.14.0-570.84.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debug-0:5.14.0-570.84.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debug-core-0:5.14.0-570.84.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-0:5.14.0-570.84.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-0:5.14.0-570.84.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-0:5.14.0-570.84.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-0:5.14.0-570.84.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debug-devel-0:5.14.0-570.84.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-0:5.14.0-570.84.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debug-modules-0:5.14.0-570.84.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debug-modules-core-0:5.14.0-570.84.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra-0:5.14.0-570.84.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debuginfo-0:5.14.0-570.84.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debuginfo-0:5.14.0-570.84.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debuginfo-0:5.14.0-570.84.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debuginfo-0:5.14.0-570.84.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-devel-0:5.14.0-570.84.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-devel-matched-0:5.14.0-570.84.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-modules-0:5.14.0-570.84.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • +170 more not shown

✅ 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 the atlantic module from being loaded. See https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for instructions.

🔗 References (6)