RHSA-2023:7551 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · November 29, 2023
Updated · August 25, 2026
Topic
An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 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 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: use after free in nvmet_tcp_free_crypto in NVMe (CVE-2023-5178)
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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.