RHSA-2023:5575HighCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch security update

Published
October 10, 2023
Last Modified
October 15, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (4)

📋 Description

CVE-2023-4128 — kernel: net/sched: Use-after-free vulnerabilities in the net/sched classifiers: cls_fw, cls_u32 and cls_route CVE-2023-31248 — kernel: nf_tables: use-after-free in nft_chain_lookup_byid() CVE-2023-35001 — kernel: nf_tables: stack-out-of-bounds-read in nft_byteorder_eval() CVE-2023-35788 — kernel: cls_flower: out-of-bounds write in fl_set_geneve_opt()

🎯 Affected products43

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_49_1-0:1-6.el9_0.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_49_1-0:1-6.el9_0.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_49_1-0:1-6.el9_0.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_49_1-debuginfo-0:1-6.el9_0.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_49_1-debuginfo-0:1-6.el9_0.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_49_1-debugsource-0:1-6.el9_0.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_49_1-debugsource-0:1-6.el9_0.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_50_2-0:1-5.el9_0.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_50_2-0:1-5.el9_0.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_50_2-0:1-5.el9_0.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_50_2-debuginfo-0:1-5.el9_0.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_50_2-debuginfo-0:1-5.el9_0.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_50_2-debugsource-0:1-5.el9_0.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_50_2-debugsource-0:1-5.el9_0.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_53_1-0:1-4.el9_0.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_53_1-0:1-4.el9_0.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_53_1-0:1-4.el9_0.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_53_1-debuginfo-0:1-4.el9_0.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_53_1-debuginfo-0:1-4.el9_0.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_53_1-debugsource-0:1-4.el9_0.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_53_1-debugsource-0:1-4.el9_0.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_58_1-0:1-3.el9_0.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_58_1-0:1-3.el9_0.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_58_1-0:1-3.el9_0.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_58_1-debuginfo-0:1-3.el9_0.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_58_1-debuginfo-0:1-3.el9_0.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_58_1-debugsource-0:1-3.el9_0.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_58_1-debugsource-0:1-3.el9_0.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_64_1-0:1-2.el9_0.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: To mitigate this issue, it is possible to prevent the affected code from being loaded by blacklisting the kernel netfilter module. For instructions relating to how to blacklist a kernel module refer to: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 Workaround: This flaw can be mitigated by preventing the affected `cls_flower` kernel module from being loaded. For instructions on how to blacklist a kernel module, please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278.

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