SB2026080313 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 update for kernel
Published: August 3, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-40026)
CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors
CVSSv4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the emulator_is_smm() and x86_emulate_instruction() functions in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-63807)
CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
CVSSv4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds access in the KVM x86 shadow MMU hugepage recovery logic when recovering hugepages for a direct shadow page whose gfn falls outside the target memslot. A local user can create a guest hugepage mapping that extends below the bounds of a memslot to cause a denial of service.
The issue can manifest as a host page fault in kernel mode during hugepage recovery.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.