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Engineer.</p></div></div></div><div class="al-article-date d-flex align-items-center pb-4" title dir=ltr><i class="bi bi-calendar pe-1"></i> 26<span>Thu Sep 17, 2026</span></div><div class="al-article-feature mb-4"><div class=mx-auto style=max-width:850px><img class="d-block mx-lg-auto img-fluid" src=/blog-images/2026/2026-09-17-99-beta.png></div><div class="al-article-excerpt my-4">
26AlmaLinux 9.9 Beta "Chartreuse Bobcat" is now available for x86_64, aarch64, ppc64le, and s390x. GCC Toolset 16 lands in Enterprise Linux 9, Node.js 26 and PHP 8.4 arrive as new module streams, and fapolicyd reaches 2.0. Help us test it before the stable release.</div><div class=al-article-actions dir=ltr><a href=/blog/2026-09-17-announcing-99-beta/ class="al-article-continue d-flex align-items-center"><i class="bi bi-chevron-double-right pe-1"></i> 27<span>Continue reading</span></a></div></div><div><a class=al-article-title-link href=/blog/2026-09-14-2026-election-candidates/ style=text-decoration:none><h3>Meet the 2026 Board Election Candidates</h3></a></div><div class=al-page-blog-author><div class="col d-flex align-items-start mb-3 mt-3 p-0"><img src=/images/elections2026/RodrigoDeAvila-small.webp class=rounded-circle alt=profile><div class=ms-3><h6 class=al-page-blog-author-name>Rodrigo de Avila</h6><p class=al-page-blog-author-bio>Member of the Election Committee, AlmaLinux OS Foundation</p></div></div></div><div class="al-article-date d-flex align-items-center pb-4" title dir=ltr><i class="bi bi-calendar pe-1"></i> 28<span>Mon Sep 14, 2026</span></div><div class="al-article-feature mb-4"><div class=mx-auto style=max-width:850px><img class="d-block mx-lg-auto img-fluid" src=/blog-images/2026/2026-09-14-2026-election-candidates.png></div><div class="al-article-excerpt my-4">Nominations have closed and we have our ballot: two candidates for the two open Cohort A seats, and voting opens today. Meet Muuhh Ikeda and Tristan Theroux, and see why your vote still matters.</div><div class=al-article-actions dir=ltr><a href=/blog/2026-09-14-2026-election-candidates/ class="al-article-continue d-flex align-items-center"><i class="bi bi-chevron-double-right pe-1"></i> 29<span>Continue reading</span></a></div></div><div><a class=al-article-title-link href=/blog/2026-09-10-announcing-103-beta/ style=text-decoration:none><h3>AlmaLinux 10.3 Beta Now Available!</h3></a></div><div class=al-page-blog-author><div class="col d-flex align-items-start mb-3 mt-3 p-0"><img src=/users/eduard-abdullin.jpg class=rounded-circle alt=profile><div class=ms-3><h6 class=al-page-blog-author-name>Eduard Abdullin</h6><p class=al-page-blog-author-bio>The Release and Automation Engineer.</p></div></div></div><div class="al-article-date d-flex align-items-center pb-4" title dir=ltr><i class="bi bi-calendar pe-1"></i> 30<span>Thu Sep 10, 2026</span></div><div class="al-article-feature mb-4"><div class=mx-auto style=max-width:850px><img class="d-block mx-lg-auto img-fluid" src=/blog-images/2026/2026-09-10-103-beta.png></div><div class="al-article-excerpt my-4">AlmaLinux 10.3 Beta "Mauve Lion" is now available for x86_64, x86_64_v2, i686, aarch64, ppc64le, and s390x. ModSecurity and the OWASP Core Rule Set return to Enterprise Linux 10, Podman 6 moves container configuration out of /etc, and GCC Toolset 16, Node.js 26 and a .NET 11 preview arrive. Help us test it before the stable release.</div><div class=al-article-actions dir=ltr><a href=/blog/2026-09-10-announcing-103-beta/ class="al-article-continue d-flex align-items-center"><i class="bi bi-chevron-double-right pe-1"></i> 31<span>Continue reading</span></a></div></div><div><a class=al-article-title-link href=/blog/2026-08-03-election-nominations/ style=text-decoration:none><h3>Board election nominations are open: help steer AlmaLinux</h3></a></div><div class=al-page-blog-author><div class="col d-flex align-items-start mb-3 mt-3 p-0"><img src=/board/alexiribarren.jpg class=rounded-circle alt=profile><div class=ms-3><h6 class=al-page-blog-author-name>Alex Iribarren</h6><p class=al-page-blog-author-bio>Director, AlmaLinux OS Foundation, member of the Election Committee</p></div></div></div><div class="al-article-date d-flex align-items-center pb-4" title dir=ltr><i class="bi bi-calendar pe-1"></i> 32<span>Mon Aug 3, 2026</span></div><div class="al-article-feature mb-4"><div class=mx-auto style=max-width:850px><img class="d-block mx-lg-auto img-fluid" src=/blog-images/2026/2026-08-03-board-election-nominations.png></div><div class="al-article-excerpt my-4">Know someone who should help steer AlmaLinux? Nominations open today and close September 8. Here's what the role involves and how to put a name forward.</div><div class=al-article-actions dir=ltr><a href=/blog/2026-08-03-election-nominations/ class="al-article-continue d-flex align-items-center"><i class="bi bi-chevron-double-right pe-1"></i> 33<span>Continue reading</span></a></div></div><div><a class=al-article-title-link href=/blog/2026-07-28-aldla-recap/ style=text-decoration:none><h3>AlmaLinux Day: LA & SIGGRAPH Recap</h3></a></div><div class=al-page-blog-author><div class="col d-flex align-items-start mb-3 mt-3 p-0"><img src=/users/benny.jpeg class=rounded-circle alt=profile><div class=ms-3><h6 class=al-page-blog-author-name>benny Vasquez</h6><p class=al-page-blog-author-bio>Chair, board of directors</p></div></div></div><div class="al-article-date d-flex align-items-center pb-4" title dir=ltr><i class="bi bi-calendar pe-1"></i> 34<span>Tue Jul 28, 2026</span></div><div class="al-article-feature mb-4"><div class=mx-auto style=max-width:850px><img class="d-block mx-lg-auto img-fluid" src=/blog-images/2026/2026-07-28-aldla-recap.png></div><div class="al-article-excerpt my-4">AlmaLinux Day: LA brought together a group of animation studios and VFX houses, with the cloud and silicon vendors that support them. Here's how the day went, and how the following week at SIGGRAPH went, where we showed AlmaLinux running across a range of Lenovo and AMD hardware.</div><div class=al-article-actions dir=ltr><a href=/blog/2026-07-28-aldla-recap/ class="al-article-continue d-flex align-items-center"><i class="bi bi-chevron-double-right pe-1"></i> 35<span>Continue reading</span></a></div></div><div><a class=al-article-title-link href=/blog/2026-07-14-secure-boot-2023-certificates/ style=text-decoration:none><h3>Microsoft 2011 Secure Boot certificates have expired â AlmaLinux users are covered!</h3></a></div><div class=al-page-blog-author><div class="col d-flex align-items-start mb-3 mt-3 p-0"><img src=/users/alukoshko.jpg class=rounded-circle alt=profile><div class=ms-3><h6 class=al-page-blog-author-name>Andrew Lukoshko</h6><p class=al-page-blog-author-bio>AlmaLinux Lead Architect</p></div></div></div><div class="al-article-date d-flex align-items-center pb-4" title dir=ltr><i class="bi bi-calendar pe-1"></i> 36<span>Tue Jul 14, 2026</span></div><div class="al-article-feature mb-4"><div class=mx-auto style=max-width:850px><img class="d-block mx-lg-auto img-fluid" src=/blog-images/2026/2026-07-14-secure-boot-2023-certificates.png></div><div class="al-article-excerpt my-4">The Microsoft UEFI Secure Boot certificates from 2011 have expired. Here's why your AlmaLinux systems will keep booting, and how to prepare for future shim updates.</div><div class=al-article-actions dir=ltr><a href=/blog/2026-07-14-secure-boot-2023-certificates/ class="al-article-continue d-flex align-items-center"><i class="bi bi-chevron-double-right pe-1"></i> 37<span>Continue reading</span></a></div></div><div><a class=al-article-title-link href=/blog/2026-07-09-ghostlock/ style=text-decoration:none><h3>GhostLock (CVE-2026-43499) kernel privilege escalation: Patch released</h3></a></div><div class=al-page-blog-author><div class="col d-flex align-items-start mb-3 mt-3 p-0"><img src=/users/alukoshko.jpg class=rounded-circle alt=profile><div class=ms-3><h6 class=al-page-blog-author-name>Andrew Lukoshko</h6><p class=al-page-blog-author-bio>AlmaLinux Lead Architect</p></div></div></div><div class="al-article-date d-flex align-items-center pb-4" title dir=ltr><i class="bi bi-calendar pe-1"></i> 38<span>Thu Jul 9, 2026</span></div><div class="al-article-feature mb-4"><div class=mx-auto style=max-width:850px><img class="d-block mx-lg-auto img-fluid" src=/blog-images/2026/2026-07-09-ghostlock.png></div><div class="al-article-excerpt my-4">GhostLock (CVE-2026-43499) is a use-after-free in the kernel's real-time mutex code that lets an unprivileged local user escalate to root and escape containers. It has been present since 2011 and affects every supported AlmaLinux release. Patched kernels are in the testing repository now â please help us verify them.</div><div class=al-article-actions dir=ltr><a href=/blog/2026-07-09-ghostlock/ class="al-article-continue d-flex align-items-center"><i class="bi bi-chevron-double-right pe-1"></i> 39<span>Continue reading</span></a></div></div><div><a class=al-article-title-link href=/blog/2026-07-06-januscape-bad-epoll/ style=text-decoration:none><h3>Januscape and Bad Epoll: Patches released</h3></a></div><div class=al-page-blog-author><div class="col d-flex align-items-start mb-3 mt-3 p-0"><img src=/users/alukoshko.jpg class=rounded-circle alt=profile><div class=ms-3><h6 class=al-page-blog-author-name>Andrew Lukoshko</h6><p class=al-page-blog-author-bio>AlmaLinux Lead Architect</p></div></div></div><div class="al-article-date d-flex align-items-center pb-4" title dir=ltr><i class="bi bi-calendar pe-1"></i> 40<span>Mon Jul 6, 2026</span></div><div class="al-article-feature mb-4"><div class=mx-auto style=max-width:850px><img class="d-block mx-lg-auto img-fluid" src=/blog-images/2026/2026-07-06-januscape-bad-epoll.png></div><div class="al-article-excerpt my-4">We are shipping patched kernels for two serious flaws: Januscape (CVE-2026-53359), a KVM/x86 guest-to-host escape that gives an attacker root on the host, and Bad Epoll (CVE-2026-46242), a local privilege escalation. Januscape affects every AlmaLinux release; Bad Epoll affects AlmaLinux 9 and 10. Patched kernels are in the testing repository now â please help us verify them.</div><div class=al-article-actions dir=ltr><a href=/blog/2026-07-06-januscape-bad-epoll/ class="al-article-continue d-flex align-items-center"><i class="bi bi-chevron-double-right pe-1"></i> 41<span>Continue reading</span></a></div></div><div><a class=al-article-title-link href=/blog/2026-06-30-ipv6-frag-escape/ style=text-decoration:none><h3>IPV6_FRAG_ESCAPE vulnerability: Fixed!</h3></a></div><div class=al-page-blog-author><div class="col d-flex align-items-start mb-3 mt-3 p-0"><img src=/users/alukoshko.jpg class=rounded-circle alt=profile><div class=ms-3><h6 class=al-page-blog-author-name>Andrew Lukoshko</h6><p class=al-page-blog-author-bio>AlmaLinux Lead Architect</p></div></div></div><div class="al-article-date d-flex align-items-center pb-4" title dir=ltr><i class="bi bi-calendar pe-1"></i> 42<span>Tue Jun 30, 2026</span></div><div class="al-article-feature mb-4"><div class=mx-auto style=max-width:850px><img class="d-block mx-lg-auto img-fluid" src=/blog-images/2026/2026-06-30-ipv6-frag-escape.png></div><div class="al-article-excerpt my-4">A newly disclosed Linux kernel flaw in the IPv6 fragmentation path lets an unprivileged user inside a container escape to root on the host. It only affects AlmaLinux 10 and Kitten 10, and there is no CVE yet. A patched kernel for AlmaLinux 10 is in the testing repository now (Kitten's fix is coming in the next update). If you run containers or any multi-tenant workload, help us verify it.</div><div class=al-article-actions dir=ltr><a href=/blog/2026-06-30-ipv6-frag-escape/ class="al-article-continue d-flex align-items-center"><i class="bi bi-chevron-double-right pe-1"></i> 43<span>Continue reading</span></a></div></div><div><a class=al-article-title-link href=/blog/2026-06-24-common-criteria-certification/ style=text-decoration:none><h3>AlmaLinux OS is Common Criteria certified</h3></a></div><div class=al-page-blog-author><div class="col d-flex align-items-start mb-3 mt-3 p-0"><img src=/users/benny.jpeg class=rounded-circle alt=profile><div class=ms-3><h6 class=al-page-blog-author-name>benny Vasquez</h6><p class=al-page-blog-author-bio>Chair, board of directors</p></div></div></div><div class="al-article-date d-flex align-items-center pb-4" title dir=ltr><i class="bi bi-calendar pe-1"></i> 44<span>Wed Jun 24, 2026</span></div><div class="al-article-feature mb-4"><div class=mx-auto style=max-width:850px><img class="d-block mx-lg-auto img-fluid" src=/blog-images/2026/cc-certification.png></div><div class="al-article-excerpt my-4">AlmaLinux OS is Common Criteria certified</div><div class=al-article-actions dir=ltr><a href=/blog/2026-06-24-common-criteria-certification/ class="al-article-continue d-flex align-items-center"><i class="bi bi-chevron-double-right pe-1"></i> 45<span>Continue reading</span></a></div></div><div><a class=al-article-title-link href=/blog/2026-06-18-aldla-schedule-and-speakers/ style=text-decoration:none><h3>The AlmaLinux Day: LA schedule and speakers are here!</h3></a></div><div class=al-page-blog-author><div class="col d-flex align-items-start mb-3 mt-3 p-0"><img src=/users/benny.jpeg class=rounded-circle alt=profile><div class=ms-3><h6 class=al-page-blog-author-name>benny Vasquez</h6><p class=al-page-blog-author-bio>Chair, board of directors</p></div></div></div><div class="al-article-date d-flex align-items-center pb-4" title dir=ltr><i class="bi bi-calendar pe-1"></i> 46<span>Thu Jun 18, 2026</span></div><div class="al-article-feature mb-4"><div class=mx-auto style=max-width:850px><img class="d-block mx-lg-auto img-fluid" src=/images/og/aldla-2026.png></div><div class="al-article-excerpt my-4">The AlmaLinux Day: LA schedule and speakers are here!</div><div class=al-article-actions dir=ltr><a href=/blog/2026-06-18-aldla-schedule-and-speakers/ class="al-article-continue d-flex align-items-center"><i class="bi bi-chevron-double-right pe-1"></i> 47<span>Continue reading</span></a></div></div><div><a class=al-article-title-link href=/blog/2026-06-10-new-bylaws-and-2026-election/ style=text-decoration:none><h3>New bylaws, New election process: What to expect in 2026</h3></a></div><div class=al-page-blog-author><div class="col d-flex align-items-start mb-3 mt-3 p-0"><img src=/users/benny.jpeg class=rounded-circle alt=profile><div class=ms-3><h6 class=al-page-blog-author-name>benny Vasquez</h6><p class=al-page-blog-author-bio>Chair, board of directors</p></div></div></div><div class="al-article-date d-flex align-items-center pb-4" title dir=ltr><i class="bi bi-calendar pe-1"></i> 48<span>Wed Jun 10, 2026</span></div><div class="al-article-feature mb-4"><div class=mx-auto style=max-width:850px><img class="d-block mx-lg-auto img-fluid" src=/blog-images/2026/2026-board-election.png></div><div class="al-article-excerpt my-4">The board has adopted amended bylaws and a new, more predictable election process. Here's what changed â annual cohort-based elections and ranked-choice voting â plus the two dates to mark if you want to vote or run this year.</div><div class=al-article-actions dir=ltr><a href=/blog/2026-06-10-new-bylaws-and-2026-election/ class="al-article-continue d-flex align-items-center"><i class="bi bi-chevron-double-right pe-1"></i> 49<span>Continue reading</span></a></div></div><div><a class=al-article-title-link href=/blog/2026-05-28-cifswitch/ style=text-decoration:none><h3>CIFSwitch (CVE-2026-46243) Patches Released</h3></a></div><div class=al-page-blog-author><div class="col d-flex align-items-start mb-3 mt-3 p-0"><img src=/users/alukoshko.jpg class=rounded-circle alt=profile><div class=ms-3><h6 class=al-page-blog-author-name>Andrew Lukoshko</h6><p class=al-page-blog-author-bio>AlmaLinux Lead Architect</p></div></div></div><div class="al-article-date d-flex align-items-center pb-4" title dir=ltr><i class="bi bi-calendar pe-1"></i> 50<span>Thu May 28, 2026</span></div><div class="al-article-feature mb-4"><div class=mx-auto style=max-width:850px><img class="d-block mx-lg-auto img-fluid" src=/blog-images/2026/2026-05-28-cifswitch.png></div><div class="al-article-excerpt my-4">A local-root flaw, dubbed CIFSwitch and now tracked as CVE-2026-46243, lets an unprivileged user become root through the cifs.spnego request-key helper on any system with cifs-utils installed and unprivileged user namespaces enabled. The patched kernels have now been released to the production repositories â update and reboot.</div><div class=al-article-actions dir=ltr><a href=/blog/2026-05-28-cifswitch/ class="al-article-continue d-flex align-items-center"><i class="bi bi-chevron-double-right pe-1"></i> 51<span>Continue reading</span></a></div></div><div><a class=al-article-title-link href=/bl
51og/2026-05-26-almalinux_98_and_102_stable/ style=text-decoration:none><h3>General Availability of AlmaLinux OS 9.8 and 10.2 Stable!</h3></a></div><div class=al-page-blog-author><div class="col d-flex align-items-start mb-3 mt-3 p-0"><img src=/users/alukoshko.jpg class=rounded-circle alt=profile><div class=ms-3><h6 class=al-page-blog-author-name>Andrew Lukoshko</h6><p class=al-page-blog-author-bio>AlmaLinux Lead Architect and ALESCo Chairman</p></div></div></div><div class="al-article-date d-flex align-items-center pb-4" title dir=ltr><i class="bi bi-calendar pe-1"></i> 52<span>Tue May 26, 2026</span></div><div class="al-article-feature mb-4"><div class=mx-auto style=max-width:850px><img class="d-block mx-lg-auto img-fluid" src=/blog-images/2026/almalinux98and102stable.png></div><div class="al-article-excerpt my-4">General Availability of AlmaLinux OS 9.8 and 10.2 Stable!</div><div class=al-article-actions dir=ltr><a href=/blog/2026-05-26-almalinux_98_and_102_stable/ 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