Linux security updates released for Tuesday and Wednesday

LWN.net issued a security‑update bulletin for Tuesday, listing fixes for a wide range of packages across several Linux distributions. The Tuesday release includes updates to AlmaLinux (e.g., libreswan, perl‑Mojolicious), Debian (openjdk‑11, openjdk‑17), Fedora (rpm, perl‑Mojolicious), Mageia (libyang, memcached, nginx), Oracle Linux (golang, kernel, libpq) and Red Hat (RHSA‑2026:36749‑0). All updates are dated 27‑28 July 2026.

The following day, LWN.net posted a Wednesday bulletin with further patches. This list covers AlmaLinux (dovecot, go‑fdo‑client, kernel‑rt), Debian (calibre, hplip, libraw, samba), Fedora (chromium, restic, gpsd), Mageia (gstreamer, libslirp), Slackware (libarchive, samba), SUSE (GraphicsMagick, ImageMagick, chromium, gimp, java‑21‑openjdk) and Ubuntu (USN‑8561‑224). The Wednesday updates are dated 28‑29 July 2026.