Release frr-8.5.3-15.el9_8.1 ALSA-2026:49527
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100
- Issue type
- Bug
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Tech stack
- linux, python
- Domain
- networking, release, security
Research direction
No files or tests are named; start by finding this repository's process for AlmaLinux update release issues and how frr/frr-selinux package releases are tracked. Done appears to mean publishing or completing the frr-8.5.3-15.el9_8.1 update for the listed architectures with the CVE and JIRA fixes accounted for.
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Description
frr security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Severity: Important
Description
FRRouting is free software that manages TCP/IP based routing protocols. It supports BGP4, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, ISIS, RIP, RIPng, PIM, NHRP, PBR, EIGRP and BFD.
Security Fix(es):
- frr: FRRouting: Denial of Service via crafted BGP UPDATE message (CVE-2026-37460)
Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):
- Zebra is not installing the route in the kernel after flapping one of the physical link on the ocp worker node. [almalinux-9.8.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-152300)
- frr triggers SELinux denials when reading root's Python site-packages directory on AlmaLinux-9 (JIRA:AlmaLinux-176258)
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.
Affected packages:
frr-8.5.3-15.el9_8.1.x86_64
frr-selinux-8.5.3-15.el9_8.1.noarch
frr-8.5.3-15.el9_8.1.s390x
frr-selinux-8.5.3-15.el9_8.1.noarch
frr-8.5.3-15.el9_8.1.ppc64le
frr-selinux-8.5.3-15.el9_8.1.noarch
frr-8.5.3-15.el9_8.1.aarch64
frr-selinux-8.5.3-15.el9_8.1.noarch
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- 2
- Forks
- 0
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
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First steps
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
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