RHSA-2022:0592 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · February 22, 2022
Updated · August 25, 2026
Topic
An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
This is a kernel live patch module which is automatically loaded by the RPM post-install script to modify the code of a running kernel.
Security Fix(es):
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kernel: use after free in eventpoll.c may lead to escalation of privilege (CVE-2020-0466)
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kernel: Use After Free in unix_gc() which could result in a local privilege escalation (CVE-2021-0920)
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kernel: xfs: raw block device data leak in XFS_IOC_ALLOCSP IOCTL (CVE-2021-4155)
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kernel: possible privileges escalation due to missing TLB flush (CVE-2022-0330)
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kernel: failing usercopy allows for use-after-free exploitation (CVE-2022-22942)
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.