Another week, another local-root kernel flaw. This one is a logic bug in __ptrace_may_access() that lets an unprivileged user read root-owned files like /etc/shadow and SSH host keys. Help us verify the patched kernels now available in the testing repository, or apply the mitigation.

An 18-year-old heap buffer overflow in nginx's rewrite module can be triggered by a single unauthenticated HTTP request. Patched nginx packages are now available in the AlmaLinux production repositories for every supported release and every nginx module stream. Update nginx now.

A third local-root flaw has landed in the same kernel surface as Copy Fail and Dirty Frag. If you run AlmaLinux on a multi-tenant host, container build farm, CI runner, or any system where untrusted users can get a shell, help us verify the patched kernels now available in the testing repository, or apply the one-line mitigation.

A second high-severity local-root flaw landed in the Linux kernel a week after Copy Fail. If you run AlmaLinux on a multi-tenant host, container build farm, CI runner, or any system where untrusted users can get a shell, help us test the fix — or apply the one-line mitigation now.

AlmaLinux 10.2 Beta "Lavender Lion" is now available for x86_64, x86_64_v2, i686, aarch64, ppc64le, and s390x. Help us test Python 3.14, PostgreSQL 18, MariaDB 11.8, Ruby 4.0, PHP 8.4, refreshed container and virtualization stacks, and the new i686 userspace before the stable release.

If you run AlmaLinux on a multi-tenant host, container build farm, CI runner, or any system where untrusted users can get a shell, help us test this patch so we can release it ASAP.

Linux Kernel 6.18 for Raspberry Pi is now available for testing in AlmaLinux OS! Try it out and let us know your feedback.

AlmaLinux 9.8 Beta "Olive Jaguar" is now available for x86_64, aarch64, ppc64le, and s390x. Help us test new compiler toolsets, Python 3.14, updated MariaDB/PostgreSQL/Ruby streams, and refreshed container and virtualization stacks before the stable release.

California's New Age Verification Law: What It Means for AlmaLinux

ELevate NG now supports upgrading from AlmaLinux 9 to AlmaLinux 10 (or AlmaLinux Kitten) x86_64_v2. Help us verify the upgrade!

AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 now offers 32-bit x86 (i686) userspace to support its vendor community

AlmaLinux Day: Germany 2026 — Full Schedule Announced

AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 is now built for riscv64 with repos, Docker containers, and GenericCloud images available. Hardware images for VisionFive 2 and P550 are coming soon.

We've fixed a long-standing firewalld performance issue that caused ipset reloads with nftables to take minutes instead of seconds. The fix is already merged upstream. Help us test the patched package for AlmaLinux 8!

Introducing AlmaLinux Astra: a new self-service portal for AlmaLinux Foundation members