Red Hat Releases RHEL 10 Kernel Live Patches for Three Vulnerabilities
Tech GuruQuick Answer
The authority published RHSA-2026:72831 for RHEL 10.2 kernel live patches. Red Hat issued live patches for three kernel vulnerabilities affecting the two enumerated RHEL 10.2 kernel builds. Affected deployments should be matched to the authority's exact scope and moved to the supported fixed release.
Confirm Scope And Apply The Supported Fix
What to do now: Inventory RHEL 10.2 kernel live patches, match the exact affected release or feature, apply the authority-supported fixed build or service remediation, validate the dependent workflow, and preserve evidence.
Last verified: 2026-10-02 UTC. Recheck the authoritative advisory and supported distribution channel before changing production.
Scope And Authority
| Product scope | RHEL 10.2 kernel live patches |
|---|---|
| Advisory | RHSA-2026:72831 |
| CVEs | CVE-2026-46145, CVE-2026-46189, CVE-2026-74581 |
| Authoritative release date | 2026-10-02 09:14:56 UTC |
| Authority revision date | 2026-10-02 09:34:23 UTC |
| Affected versions | The RHEL 10.2 kernels 6.12.0-211.16.1 and 6.12.0-211.49.1 when the matching advisory live patch is not installed. |
| Fixed version | kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1 1-9.el10_2 / kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_49_1 1-1.el10_2 |
| CVSS base score | 7.0–7.8 (official CVSS v3.1 range) |
| CVSS severity | High |
| Exploitation status | Not stated by the authority; no exploitation claim is inferred. |
What Changed
Red Hat issued live patches for three kernel vulnerabilities affecting the two enumerated RHEL 10.2 kernel builds.
What To Validate Now
- Inventory. Locate RHEL 10.2 kernel live patches deployments, versions, enabled features, exposure paths, owners, and dependent services.
- Establish applicability. Match entitlement, product stream, architecture, source package or image repository, and each advisory's product status. Do not apply one branch's build or digest to another branch.
- Remediate. Use the supported Red Hat channel to deploy kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_16_1 1-9.el10_2 / kpatch-patch-6_12_0-211_49_1 1-1.el10_2. For container images, pin and verify the exact signed digest listed for the matching architecture.
- Validate. Confirm the installed package build, active live patch, or running image digest; restart or redeploy affected workloads where required; validate application and recovery workflows; and record exceptions.
- Retain evidence. Preserve asset and owner identifiers, the applicability decision, before-and-after versions, change approval, installation output, validation results, and any exception or rollback record.
Operational Cautions
Confirm entitlement and branch support, test package or image compatibility, preserve prior packages or image digests and rollback evidence, and do not infer exploitation from severity.
Evidence To Retain
- Exact product, release stream, package or application version, enabled feature, environment, and accountable owner.
- UTC timestamps, authority revision, approved change record, installer or package-manager output, and resulting version.
- Relevant logs and monitoring evidence, test results, exceptions, compensating controls, and rollback decisions.
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Authoritative References
Correction policy: If the authority changes affected versions, fixed versions, severity, exploitation information, mitigations, or required action, TechGeeks will update this notice and its verification date.
