Security Bulletin: This Power System update is being released to address CVE-2026-31669

Summary The Linux kernel is used by the Virtualization Management Interface in PowerVM to support network communication with the Hardware Management Console. This bulletin provides a remediation for the impacted vulnerability, CVE-2026-31669, by upgrading PowerVM and thus addressing the exposure ...

CVE-2026-31669 mptcp: fix slab-use-after-free in __inet_lookup_established

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: fix slab-use-after-free in inetlookupestablished The ehash table lookups are lockless and rely on SLABTYPESAFEBYRCU to guarantee socket memory stability during RCU read-side critical sections. Both tcpprot and tcpv6prot ha...

CVE-2026-31669: Use After Free

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: fix slab-use-after-free in inetlookupestablished The ehash table lookups are lockless and rely on SLABTYPESAFEBYRCU to guarantee socket memory stability during RCU read-side critical sections. Both tcpprot and tcpv6prot ha...