RHSA-2023:7389 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
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Published · November 21, 2023
Updated · October 15, 2026
Topic
An update for kernel-rt 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
The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.
Security Fix(es):
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kernel: net/sched: cls_fw component can be exploited as result of failure in tcf_change_indev function (CVE-2023-3776)
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kernel: tun: bugs for oversize packet when napi frags enabled in tun_napi_alloc_frags (CVE-2023-3812)
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kernel: netfilter: use-after-free due to improper element removal in nft_pipapo_remove() (CVE-2023-4004)
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kernel: netfilter: nf_tables_newrule when adding a rule with NFTA_RULE_CHAIN_ID leads to use-after-free (CVE-2023-4147)
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kernel: netfilter: potential slab-out-of-bound access due to integer underflow (CVE-2023-42753)
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kernel: use-after-free due to race condition in qdisc_graft() (CVE-2023-0590)
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hw: amd: Cross-Process Information Leak (CVE-2023-20593)
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.