kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

An update is available for kernel. This update affects Rocky Linux 9. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-64017

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-mq: pop cached request if it is usable When submitting a bio to blk-mq, if the task should sleep after peeking a cached request, but before it pops it, the plug flushes and calls blkmqfreeplugrqs, freeing the cachedrqs. This...

CVE-2026-64017

The CVE-2026-64017 issue affects the Linux kernel’s blk-mq path. A use-after-free could occur when submitting a bio to blk-mq if a cached request is peeked and then the code path decides to sleep before popping it; a plug flush would free cached_rqs via blk_mq_free_plug_rqs. The fix pops the cach...