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Rocky Linux 8 RLSA-2026-42550 kernel-rt Important Security Fixes

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Calendar Grey July 22, 2026
Scroller Rockylinux
Rocky Linux announces important kernel-rt updates addressing security issues and enhancements for stable performance.
Important: kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Summary

An update is available for kernel-rt. 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 enhancement kernel-rt rocky linux

RPMs

kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.rt7.487.el8_10.src.rpm

kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.rt7.487.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-rt-core-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.rt7.487.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-rt-debug-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.rt7.487.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-rt-debug-core-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.rt7.487.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.rt7.487.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-rt-debug-devel-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.rt7.487.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-rt-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.rt7.487.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.rt7.487.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-rt-debug-kvm-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.rt7.487.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-rt-debug-modules-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.rt7.487.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.rt7.487.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-rt-devel-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.rt7.487.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-rt-kvm-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.rt7.487.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-rt-modules-0:4.18.0-553.146.1.rt7.487.el8_10.x86_64.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-2026:42550
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 enhancement kernel-rt rocky linux

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