RHSA-2022:1418 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · April 20, 2022
Updated · November 2, 2026
Topic
An update is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support.
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: fget: check that the fd still exists after getting a ref to it (CVE-2021-4083)
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kernel: cgroups v1 release_agent feature may allow privilege escalation (CVE-2022-0492)
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kernel: heap out of bounds write in nf_dup_netdev.c (CVE-2022-25636)
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.