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Red Hat 7: RHSA-2023-0404 Important: Kpatch-Patch Memory Issue

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Calendar Grey January 24, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A significant enhancement for kpatch-patch is released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 to resolve memory integrity concerns.
An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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

Summary

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: memory corruption in AX88179_178A based USB ethernet device. (CVE-2022-2964)
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat kernel update memory corruption patch management important update kpatch

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2964 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_71_1-1-2.el7.src.rpm kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_76_1-1-2.el7.src.rpm kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_80_1-1-1.el7.src.rpm kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_81_1-1-1.el7.src.rpm
ppc64le: kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_71_1-1-2.el7.ppc64le.rpm kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_71_1-debuginfo-1-2.el7.ppc64le.rpm kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_76_1-1-2.el7.ppc64le.rpm kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_76_1-debuginfo-1-2.el7.ppc64le.rpm kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_80_1-1-1.el7.ppc64le.rpm kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_80_1-debuginfo-1-1.el7.ppc64le.rpm kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_81_1-1-1.el7.ppc64le.rpm kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_81_1-debuginfo-1-1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64: kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_71_1-1-2.el7.x86_64.rpm kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_71_1-debuginfo-1-2.el7.x86_64.rpm kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_76_1-1-2.el7.x86_64.rpm kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_76_1-debuginfo-1-2.el7.x86_64.rpm kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_80_1-1-1.el7.x86_64.rpm kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_80_1-debuginfo-1-1.el7.x86_64.rpm kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_81_1-1-1.el7.x86_64.rpm kpatch-patch-3_10_0-1160_81_1-debuginfo-1-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:0404-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0404
Issue date: 2023-01-24

Topic

An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat kernel update memory corruption patch management important update kpatch

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64le, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2067482 - CVE-2022-2964 kernel: memory corruption in AX88179_178A based USB ethernet device.

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