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RHSA-2023:7417 — 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 · November 21, 2023

Updated · August 7, 2026

Topic

An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 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: net/sched: cls_u32 component reference counter leak if tcf_change_indev() fails (CVE-2023-3609)

  • kernel: net/sched: cls_fw component can be exploited as result of failure in tcf_change_indev function (CVE-2023-3776)

  • kernel: netfilter: use-after-free due to improper element removal in nft_pipapo_remove() (CVE-2023-4004)

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-2023:7417 — Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch security update | PulseLinux