ESB-2026.3947
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.300000190734863 HIGH
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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2026.3947
kernel security update
21 April 2026
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AUSCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: kernel
Publisher: Red Hat
Operating System: Red Hat
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2025-68741 CVE-2025-39766
Original Bulletin:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8921
Comment: CVSS (Max): 7.3 CVE-2025-39766 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H)
CVSS Source: Red Hat
Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
EPSS (Max): 0.0% (7th) CVE-2025-68741 2026-04-19
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RHSA-2026:8921 - Security Advisory
Issued: 2026-04-20
Updated: 2026-04-20
Synopsis
Kernel security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Topic
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
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
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating
system.
Security Fix(es):
o kernel: net/sched: Make cake_enqueue return NET_XMIT_CN when past
buffer_limit (CVE-2025-39766)
o kernel: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix improper freeing of purex item (CVE-2025-68741)
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:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
Affected Products
o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9 x86_64
o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 s390x
o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9 aarch64
o Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 9 x86_64
o Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
o Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 9 aarch64
o Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 9 s390x
Fixes
o BZ - 2394648 - CVE-2025-39766 kernel: net/sched: Make cake_enqueue return
NET_XMIT_CN when past buffer_limit
o BZ - 2425046 - CVE-2025-68741 kernel: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix improper freeing
of purex item
CVEs
o CVE-2025-39766
o CVE-2025-68741
References
o https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
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