- What: Kernel security update with SMB vulnerability
- Impact: Systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 may be affected
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:23258 - Security Advisory Issued: 2026-06-04 Updated: 2026-06-04 RHSA-2026:23258 - Security Advisory Overview Updated Packages Synopsis Important: kernel security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Red Hat Lightspeed patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory. View affected systems Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. 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): kernel: Linux kernel: smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions (CVE-2026-46243) 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64 Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 8 x86_64 Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 8 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 s390x Fixes BZ - 2481486 - CVE-2026-46243 kernel: Linux kernel: smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions CVEs CVE-2026-46243 References https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details. Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 SRPM kernel-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 7165d2c67e504425cbfc92333e4c796e77b9e5463de76172fa350d0859cad414 x86_64 bpftool-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4e709e804d17f15327fcf954f005bed6050ae00ac52960ac820c54bcb527b9dc bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d62ae66bdd1cc0c524fc044f12003adbc53792dd1d39a2bddc10a739fec27d85 kernel-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: cf6fa8d81ec31dad3bfae1440bb9118799d032aa10cf67675446123797d2101c kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 27d4d17ebe5933b88afc55d96351e07a926dbdf3ee2a01bd5a799cc6d12e8302 kernel-core-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 965ffb4fe6610003b59229fd026809ee335b4e2314e5517d2270c359672afabe kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e3a7075a4e5bc9171be8cb4819275a00d5dd5e6003c33f694ab3a1b96a224fcf kernel-debug-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 58db142c8249645f1e6f8d5b191f54e41e69973b4c092fb97b1481a6ce89819d kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 90b33e3ce440f8a639f4d36bdc785d81d5773ace8b2caebf847f2c46a254ee77 kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1339b029377dcdc4f2f55c9949bbb69710668d360d54c4250f6f2233b9515dce kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1725ac28d70403d878299ca6adb201f5cc07ffdf1aaddb96efe47b2a1b0b32de kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4118624c541abbb5b9e1d7f18e31473c408875e5d77eed6b66e298f051a29ba7 kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ce09bd8ac076a230a6397c09278b231d2b98fa711345ccef632431c866cb8b33 kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 642242cb9528c9921a4b712e5328e89dd3c72ff1bd3d651eb719ff8b8fc2389c kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b3103b130ac7094011ee683e80e0cddc9058e4287fc3d7207a1a8a30396a86d7 kernel-devel-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 81c98771ff79ec6b8ce10639d22c4c5ce2de663ad8702d220315a8178ad17fdd kernel-doc-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: fc2ac2ecbb00cd608d07079afe7295410121af3eb2c3270fd5cdf4b121b9953c kernel-headers-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e440f07aec313cb9b628ac964d06945e3173b34693bb51679adbd75fb8c7e847 kernel-modules-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89673b49847ff75084c5de46dd0fee9263fc296510b828624cd5c161e05c8c41 kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5f36d660121c80dfccba3a5ed6d728eba5c14c293f0e43dbfdf988647669ec8d kernel-tools-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6f35767e565a2a746fdc2f18467668b391e67c75c457cef9f6a9f830405258b5 kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 565d5e5aed2f6e1ed335485a2e1ac85f03d9084a0322b48cbefabddafd736c93 kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 337ef582b39262a2a0d671dd14f73f5c36c644c040ec24a4922517985da92113 perf-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7ad9dc5d4c8718b5691558ef8e65ba7705acbc2d69b1cfd855d9f1a0a3b0951b perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d43a28499ae38ce765a488b8cecf3ff5adbc21883e53a7264c06879f2b6457cb python3-perf-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9ccb2afb9280896b0486b62842439d2f896dab309f35b97e49f503f2d404695b python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ec4399853904dfd97cbec2f100fc816f5c1978556c7dbb98cc4c0236d061ff6d Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 SRPM kernel-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 7165d2c67e504425cbfc92333e4c796e77b9e5463de76172fa350d0859cad414 s390x bpftool-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 9667fb5064be0509317c5ea1b10a573a608b82be626238f9cf71133e8b4a13eb bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: d3f47ac6e3ab6e064a8599b1df0cf6d0900c5a658d6585ae051b4090175052be kernel-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 86b9f7c89b248dc0b91d6f06311c48d1415083cac79b51d6891f81b43aad8f98 kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 27d4d17ebe5933b88afc55d96351e07a926dbdf3ee2a01bd5a799cc6d12e8302 kernel-core-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f5bc62fe981a6946ee55aa485670e2305b031ffe9eb908fa07fedebf1c4f298c kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c162251e6ec7078a8be95501f79131c071bb785397b0330ae0fdea4e1ac17e85 kernel-debug-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 73e00cb723b28c3f9823223b263e054eadaed5708de5f2d3b8581d238f7e222e kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b76a31ad47af12c94213083354bd84e9d3bccccbda55494f009cc07e9773b657 kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1fd6652d6b5105bc4cf46d14be9c691c223b71e3db3046bea4a8c0f0d16de5cd kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 7d5bf38fb3e422e4210fbd1aaefd2d39a94c8c789a1be616171d1d522f651810 kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6553a08271433f1bb81a85f87f8db4afed6c508fddddc01a71b5ef26994cfcee kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 85d9d29ad04561acd87754f30d129c471ab00d5aebf5afa84390227af515aa3e kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: aca87788f08a829e690d28f995d187007f365a8676038e5b066b5338eea07b75 kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ea1b683a3ce26867fab7f181ede25a654da50127dbb8811fb1a014b8ff9121b7 kernel-devel-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 979746618253fedd60724f5e63a6acc97ea620bffe567e07f7eb1936c2e975b6 kernel-doc-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: fc2ac2ecbb00cd608d07079afe7295410121af3eb2c3270fd5cdf4b121b9953c kernel-headers-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b02a8e49be8b1be7278697008f55bb40f475a03b45c3d95dbded72727c49e3b1 kernel-modules-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8079d93a5956e4842e8b6738eda922f1bba77d8b9e56e688dc2e7e011178f67e kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 2321ece4eed54f9c817b6069eb04086310ba14376ac4ef6a60f5fd696cd8735e kernel-tools-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 803759d1e1b68715815bfe51a02381516bb19a1deaa5d27cabb4608c4f95aa64 kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5c8089d2474893de3c4d758cd0215225eb021880962cfd6b4940951002b255b2 kernel-zfcpdump-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8547af565a11e3288a10b85142304c5fca564e9e702ba16b9306352f1aa02f13 kernel-zfcpdump-core-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ced94682b35499653d1e3dafac07c77582a8e57a3905070d89ef213009de3aba kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 639b59f37f7975fbe345fcb3dc36b6fb7abc5f0855a0f24f30c17c246ca1121b kernel-zfcpdump-devel-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 73633f831295ee5d604d7dd1d5bbd14973ec3ce4c77e02a2dd3c2afeb59b2507 kernel-zfcpdump-modules-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: bb823bab7f379ce095205ea00b65dc54aaeb2a3b559026640f08d0ce892559dc kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: d216a0f765565b495339324992001bfe0ac2aa0e1aa11fc919cc50d746ccdb69 perf-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5d760d99145be55a6922451fcd2e5b0b08ff209eed1e4dc42565c7052646725c perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c841221e82d66358d499134a20483898cc35ea0c688b19e94b632f62928aeafa python3-perf-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 0b3da9d1854d9e9c6dadbfbc4ebcbc6360e9be96d18b8b7369e9bda211fc39d5 python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e2b11cca28cf1aed65b0f0ba5e8486c9f21be611abe9cd2a7f30d4653b29ea3b Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 SRPM kernel-4.18.0-553.129.1.el8_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 7165d2c67e504425cbfc92333e4c796e77b9e5463de