RHSA-2023:4023 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · July 11, 2023
Updated · August 7, 2026
Topic
An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
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
The kpatch management tool provides a kernel patching infrastructure which allows you to patch a running kernel without rebooting or restarting any processes.
Security Fix(es):
- kernel: a use-after-free in cls_route filter implementation may lead to privilege escalation (CVE-2022-2588)
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.