rxsa-2026:50978
Vulnerability from osv_rocky
Published
2026-08-06 18:09
Modified
2026-08-16 12:10
Summary
Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Details

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

Security Fix(es):

  • kernel: xen: AMD Zen 2 Processors: Privilege escalation via improper CPU cache isolation (CVE-2025-54518)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • Kernel crash in bpf_for_each_array_elem() due to missing backport of upstream commit 4b6313cf99b0 (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-191844)

  • gfs2: xfstests generic/363 failure [rhel-8.10.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-214099)

  • Rocky Linux SIG Cloud8: HYPERV hv_storvsc driver can we add additional code to allow PERSISTENT_RESERVE_IN [Rocky Linux SIG Cloud 8.10Z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-188270)

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.

Severity
7.0 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Credits
Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
Red Hat
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Rocky Linux:8",
        "name": "kernel",
        "purl": "pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/kernel?distro=rocky-linux-8-sig-cloud\u0026epoch=0"
      },
      "ranges": [
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          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0:4.18.0-553.153.1.el8_10.cloud.0.1"
            }
          ],
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        }
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  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "name": "Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"
    },
    {
      "name": "Red Hat"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "source_advisory": "RHSA-2026:50978"
  },
  "details": "The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* kernel: xen: AMD Zen 2 Processors: Privilege escalation via improper CPU cache isolation (CVE-2025-54518)\n\nBug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):\n\n* Kernel crash in bpf_for_each_array_elem() due to missing backport of upstream commit 4b6313cf99b0 (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-191844)\n\n* gfs2: xfstests generic/363 failure [rhel-8.10.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-214099)\n\n* Rocky Linux SIG Cloud8: HYPERV hv_storvsc driver can we add additional code to allow PERSISTENT_RESERVE_IN [Rocky Linux SIG Cloud 8.10Z]  (JIRA:Rocky Linux SIG Cloud-188270)\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.",
  "id": "RXSA-2026:50978",
  "modified": "2026-08-16T12:10:46.199248Z",
  "published": "2026-08-06T18:09:47.362746Z",
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    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2477784"
    },
    {
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2025-54518"
  ]
}



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