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Rocky Linux 8 Kernel Important Security Update RLSA-2026-0444

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Calendar Grey January 17, 2026
Scroller Rockylinux
Kernel security update available for Rocky Linux 8 to address important vulnerabilities. Update urgently recommended.
Important: kernel security 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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RPMs

bpftool-0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

bpftool-0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

kernel-0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10.src.rpm

kernel-0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-abi-stablelists-0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm

kernel-core-0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

kernel-core-0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debug-0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

kernel-debug-0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debug-core-0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

kernel-debug-core-0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debug-devel-0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

kernel-debug-devel-0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

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References

No references

CVES

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39993

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40240

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68285

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Name: RLSA-2026:0444
Affected Products: Rocky Linux 8

Fixes

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2404121

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2418832

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2422801


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Topics Covered

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