Release kernel-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv ALSA-2026:37728

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Difficulty: 5/5
Estimated time: Over a week
Newbie friendliness: 10/100

Issue type: Feature
Clarity: Needs clarification
Activity status: Quiet
Tech stack: linux
Domain: operating-systems, release

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This is a kernel package release announcement covering CVE-2026-43499, CVE-2026-53166, and affected aarch64 packages. Start with the referenced CVE pages and NVIDIA for AlmaLinux 10 Release Notes; no repository file, test, entry point, or concrete requested change is named. Done cannot be determined from the issue alone.

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Description

kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Severity: Important
Description
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

kernel: rtmutex: Use waiter::task instead of current in remove_waiter() (CVE-2026-43499)
kernel: futex/requeue: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in remove_waiter() on self-deadlock (CVE-2026-53166)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

[Exploits (KEV)] CVE-2026-43499 kernel: rtmutex: Use waiter::task instead of current in remove_waiter() [voyager-26.02] (JIRA:VOYAGER-1244)
[Exploits (KEV)] CVE-2026-53166 kernel: futex/requeue: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in remove_waiter() on self-deadlock [voyager-26.02] (JIRA:VOYAGER-1250)

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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the NVIDIA for AlmaLinux 10 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Affected packages:
kernel-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-64k-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-64k-core-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-64k-debug-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-64k-debug-core-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-64k-debug-modules-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-64k-debug-modules-core-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-64k-modules-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-64k-modules-core-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-64k-modules-extra-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-abi-stablelists-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.noarch
kernel-core-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-debug-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-debug-core-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-debug-devel-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-debug-devel-matched-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-debug-modules-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-debug-modules-core-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-debug-modules-extra-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-devel-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-devel-matched-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-doc-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.noarch
kernel-headers-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-modules-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-modules-core-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-modules-extra-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-modules-extra-matched-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-tools-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-tools-libs-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-uki-virt-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-uki-virt-addons-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
perf-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
python3-perf-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
rtla-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
rv-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.aarch64
kernel-abi-stablelists-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.noarch
kernel-doc-6.12.0-231.16.el10nv.noarch

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