RHSA-2026:72831: Important: kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1 and kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_49_1 security update

An update for freerdp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. 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.

An update for ruby is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. 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.

An update for gawk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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.

An update for ghostscript is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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.

Canonical has released kernel fixes for Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 LTS, addressing NFS server, IPv6 and Netfilter flaws that could allow system compromise. USN-8864-1 covers several kernel variants; most listed fixes require Ubuntu Pro's Legacy Support add-on, while FIPS packages have separate Pro availability. Ubuntu says a reboot is required after updating, and the changed kernel interface requires rebuilding and reinstalling third-party modules.

USN-8816-4, part of Ubuntu's USN-8816 advisory series, supplies fixed GKE kernels for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. It addresses flaws across networking, filesystems, device drivers and processor architectures that Ubuntu says could compromise systems. The corrected GKE and GKE-64K packages are version 7.0.0-1007.8. A reboot is required, and Ubuntu warns that the kernel interface change requires rebuilding and reinstalling third-party modules.