RHSA-2023:3490 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · June 6, 2023
Updated · September 30, 2026
Topic
An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 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: net/ulp: use-after-free in listening ULP sockets (CVE-2023-0461)
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kernel: udmabuf: improper validation of array index leading to local privilege escalation (CVE-2023-2008)
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kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in nf_tables when processing batch requests can lead to privilege escalation (CVE-2023-32233)
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.