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Rocky Linux RLSA-2026-42552 Kernel Important Security Fix

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Calendar Grey July 22, 2026
Scroller Rockylinux
Critical kernel security update for Rocky Linux includes important bug fixes and enhancements to address existing vulnerabilities.
Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Summary

An update is available for kernel. This update affects Rocky Linux 8. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list


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Topics Covered

security advisory bug fix important kernel enhancement rocky linux

RPMs

bpftool-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

bpftool-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

kernel-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.el8_10.src.rpm

kernel-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-abi-stablelists-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm

kernel-core-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

kernel-core-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debug-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

kernel-debug-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debug-core-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

kernel-debug-core-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debug-devel-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

kernel-debug-devel-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

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References

No references

CVES

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-46117

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-53071

Severity
important
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Critical

Name: RLSA-2026:42552
Affected Products: Rocky Linux 8

Fixes

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2482576

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492458


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Topics Covered

security advisory bug fix important kernel enhancement rocky linux

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