Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-5575-01 - 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. Issues addressed include out of bounds write and use-after-free vulnerabilities.
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: kpatch-patch security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:5575-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5575
Issue date: 2023-10-10
Revision: 01
CVE Names: CVE-2023-4128
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Summary:
An update for kpatch-patch 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:
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: net/sched: Use-after-free vulnerabilities in the net/sched classifiers: cls_fw, cls_u32 and cls_route (CVE-2023-4128)
* kernel: nf_tables: use-after-free in nft_chain_lookup_byid() (CVE-2023-31248)
* kernel: nf_tables: stack-out-of-bounds-read in nft_byteorder_eval() (CVE-2023-35001)
* 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.
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"
"For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258"
"For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258"
"For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
CVEs:
CVE-2023-4128
References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important