- Issued:
- 2026-08-24
- Updated:
- 2026-08-24
RHSA-2026:59143 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Important: kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1 security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Red Hat Lightspeed patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An update for kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
This is a kernel live patch module which can be loaded by the kpatch command line utility to modify the code of a running kernel. This patch module is targeted for kernel-6.12.0-211.16.1.el10_2.
Security Fix(es):
- kernel: rtmutex: Use waiter::task instead of current in remove_waiter() (CVE-2026-43499)
- kernel: gfs2: Fix use-after-free in iomap inline data write path (CVE-2026-45984)
- kernel: xfrm: defensively unhash xfrm_state lists in __xfrm_state_delete (CVE-2026-46116)
- kernel: sctp: revalidate list cursor after sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc() in SCTP_SENDALL (CVE-2026-46227)
- kernel: net: openvswitch: reject oversized nested action attrs (CVE-2026-64531)
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.
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 10 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 10.2 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 10 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 10.2 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - 4 years of support 10.2 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - 4 years of updates 10.2 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 10.2 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle 10.2 ppc64le
Fixes
- BZ - 2480453 - CVE-2026-43499 kernel: rtmutex: Use waiter::task instead of current in remove_waiter()
- BZ - 2481922 - CVE-2026-45984 kernel: gfs2: Fix use-after-free in iomap inline data write path
- BZ - 2482523 - CVE-2026-46116 kernel: xfrm: defensively unhash xfrm_state lists in __xfrm_state_delete
- BZ - 2482564 - CVE-2026-46227 kernel: sctp: revalidate list cursor after sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc() in SCTP_SENDALL
- BZ - 2507402 - CVE-2026-64531 kernel: net: openvswitch: reject oversized nested action attrs
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 10
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-1-7.el10_2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 70f56676de2313dc5a9e1c9ad901e4b629ee0892e5810825d2abe301956b4703 |
| x86_64 | |
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-1-7.el10_2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f41d12e8266f45a03d243253ecb438d8dd18d8db070320b7047fdd372a75124a |
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-debuginfo-1-7.el10_2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: dcfee795053d42bf4f9f88b9e31c06dfcdaae0cde823bc01268367e25c6eef41 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 10.2
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-1-7.el10_2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 70f56676de2313dc5a9e1c9ad901e4b629ee0892e5810825d2abe301956b4703 |
| x86_64 | |
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-1-7.el10_2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f41d12e8266f45a03d243253ecb438d8dd18d8db070320b7047fdd372a75124a |
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-debuginfo-1-7.el10_2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: dcfee795053d42bf4f9f88b9e31c06dfcdaae0cde823bc01268367e25c6eef41 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 10
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-1-7.el10_2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 70f56676de2313dc5a9e1c9ad901e4b629ee0892e5810825d2abe301956b4703 |
| ppc64le | |
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-1-7.el10_2.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: b1cf0ad2769d833e98fb03e2572dcf098af633127af8752c437b4fa6e6e0f064 |
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-debuginfo-1-7.el10_2.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 794daf9dfd650eed891d0d33b4e2ebb88b414b9debf64233f031ea857e63f036 |
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-debugsource-1-7.el10_2.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 0d4984edd045005d515b953c044f85358b1dfadd0c98d5eafc2abd046e7606f4 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 10.2
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-1-7.el10_2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 70f56676de2313dc5a9e1c9ad901e4b629ee0892e5810825d2abe301956b4703 |
| ppc64le | |
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-1-7.el10_2.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: b1cf0ad2769d833e98fb03e2572dcf098af633127af8752c437b4fa6e6e0f064 |
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-debuginfo-1-7.el10_2.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 794daf9dfd650eed891d0d33b4e2ebb88b414b9debf64233f031ea857e63f036 |
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-debugsource-1-7.el10_2.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 0d4984edd045005d515b953c044f85358b1dfadd0c98d5eafc2abd046e7606f4 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - 4 years of support 10.2
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-1-7.el10_2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 70f56676de2313dc5a9e1c9ad901e4b629ee0892e5810825d2abe301956b4703 |
| ppc64le | |
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-1-7.el10_2.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: b1cf0ad2769d833e98fb03e2572dcf098af633127af8752c437b4fa6e6e0f064 |
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-debuginfo-1-7.el10_2.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 794daf9dfd650eed891d0d33b4e2ebb88b414b9debf64233f031ea857e63f036 |
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-debugsource-1-7.el10_2.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 0d4984edd045005d515b953c044f85358b1dfadd0c98d5eafc2abd046e7606f4 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - 4 years of updates 10.2
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-1-7.el10_2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 70f56676de2313dc5a9e1c9ad901e4b629ee0892e5810825d2abe301956b4703 |
| x86_64 | |
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-1-7.el10_2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f41d12e8266f45a03d243253ecb438d8dd18d8db070320b7047fdd372a75124a |
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-debuginfo-1-7.el10_2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: dcfee795053d42bf4f9f88b9e31c06dfcdaae0cde823bc01268367e25c6eef41 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 10.2
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-1-7.el10_2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 70f56676de2313dc5a9e1c9ad901e4b629ee0892e5810825d2abe301956b4703 |
| x86_64 | |
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-1-7.el10_2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f41d12e8266f45a03d243253ecb438d8dd18d8db070320b7047fdd372a75124a |
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-debuginfo-1-7.el10_2.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: dcfee795053d42bf4f9f88b9e31c06dfcdaae0cde823bc01268367e25c6eef41 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle 10.2
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-1-7.el10_2.src.rpm | SHA-256: 70f56676de2313dc5a9e1c9ad901e4b629ee0892e5810825d2abe301956b4703 |
| ppc64le | |
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-1-7.el10_2.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: b1cf0ad2769d833e98fb03e2572dcf098af633127af8752c437b4fa6e6e0f064 |
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-debuginfo-1-7.el10_2.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 794daf9dfd650eed891d0d33b4e2ebb88b414b9debf64233f031ea857e63f036 |
| kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1-debugsource-1-7.el10_2.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 0d4984edd045005d515b953c044f85358b1dfadd0c98d5eafc2abd046e7606f4 |
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