RHSA-2023:4516 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch security update

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 8

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · August 8, 2023

Updated · August 7, 2026

Topic

An update for kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_78_1, kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_80_1, kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_81_1, kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_83_1, and kpatch-patch-4_18_0-147_85_1 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1. 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

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):

  • kernel: Use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel traffic control index filter (CVE-2023-1829)

  • kernel: ipvlan: out-of-bounds write caused by unclear skb->cb (CVE-2023-3090)

  • kernel: cls_flower: out-of-bounds write in fl_set_geneve_opt() (CVE-2023-35788)

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-2023:4516 — Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch security update | PulseLinux