RLSA-2026:88421

Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:88421
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:88421.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2026:88421
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-12080
Published
2026-10-23T06:45:29Z
Modified
2026-10-23T07:15:02Z
Severity
  • 7.3 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Important: qemu-kvm security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Details

Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm packages provide the user-space component for running virtual machines that use KVM.

Security Fix(es):

  • qemu-kvm: qemu-guest-agent: Local privilege escalation via symlink attack in guest-ssh-add-authorized-keys (CVE-2026-12080)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • qemu-img can't create a qcow2 overlay with 'data_file' feature on top of a file without destroying the original image [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-164549)

  • live migration of a VM with a scsi3pr to a node that previously held a reservation on that disk fails. [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-280223)

  • Fix pending QEMU issues for L1VH GA - QEMU [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-283121)

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.

Database specific
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    "license_url":  "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "source_advisory":  "RHSA-2026:88421"
}
References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:9 / qemu-kvm

Package

Name
qemu-kvm
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/qemu-kvm?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=7

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9
Database specific
Show details
{
    "yum_repository":  "AppStream"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:88421.json"