RHSA-2023:4023 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch security update

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 7

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.

Related CVEs

RHSA-2023:4023 — Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch security update | PulseLinux