[RHSA-2023:4145-01] Important: kpatch-patch security update

Tue Jul 18 10:41:08 UTC 2023

An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8.6 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.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6) - ppc64le, x86_64

3. 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: tcindex: use-after-free vulnerability in traffic control index
filter allows privilege escalation (CVE-2023-1281)

* kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in nf_tables when processing batch
requests can lead to privilege escalation (CVE-2023-32233)

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.

4. 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

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

2181847 - CVE-2023-1281 kernel: tcindex: use-after-free vulnerability in traffic control index filter allows privilege escalation
2196105 - CVE-2023-32233 kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in nf_tables when processing batch requests can lead to privilege escalation

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6):

Source:
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_40_1-1-7.el8_6.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_41_1-1-6.el8_6.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_46_1-1-4.el8_6.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_51_1-1-3.el8_6.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_52_1-1-2.el8_6.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_57_1-1-1.el8_6.src.rpm

ppc64le:
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_40_1-1-7.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_40_1-debuginfo-1-7.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_40_1-debugsource-1-7.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_41_1-1-6.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_41_1-debuginfo-1-6.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_41_1-debugsource-1-6.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_46_1-1-4.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_46_1-debuginfo-1-4.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_46_1-debugsource-1-4.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_51_1-1-3.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_51_1-debuginfo-1-3.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_51_1-debugsource-1-3.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_52_1-1-2.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_52_1-debuginfo-1-2.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_52_1-debugsource-1-2.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_57_1-1-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_57_1-debuginfo-1-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_57_1-debugsource-1-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm

x86_64:
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_40_1-1-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_40_1-debuginfo-1-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_40_1-debugsource-1-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_41_1-1-6.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_41_1-debuginfo-1-6.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_41_1-debugsource-1-6.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_46_1-1-4.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_46_1-debuginfo-1-4.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_46_1-debugsource-1-4.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_51_1-1-3.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_51_1-debuginfo-1-3.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_51_1-debugsource-1-3.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_52_1-1-2.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_52_1-debuginfo-1-2.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_52_1-debugsource-1-2.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_57_1-1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_57_1-debuginfo-1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_57_1-debugsource-1-1.el8_6.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/

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1281
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32233
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <secalert at redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

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