Issued:
2024-08-19
Updated:
2024-08-19

RHSA-2024:5520 - Important: kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_43_1 security update

Synopsis

Important: kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_43_1 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

An update for kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_43_1 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 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

This is a kernel live patch module which can be loaded by the kpatch command line utility to modify the code of a running kernel. This patch module is targeted for kernel-4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8.

Security Fix(es):

  • kernel: TIPC message reassembly use-after-free remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2024-36886)

  • kernel: net: UAF in network route management (CVE-2024-36971)

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.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions8.8x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support8.8x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension8.8x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support8.8ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions8.8ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS8.8x86_64

Updated Packages

  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_43_1-1-3.el8_8.src.rpm
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_43_1-debugsource-1-3.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_43_1-debuginfo-1-3.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_43_1-1-3.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_43_1-debuginfo-1-3.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_43_1-1-3.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_43_1-debugsource-1-3.el8_8.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information