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Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-5582-03
Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-5582-03 - An update for kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_87_1 and kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_91_1 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Issues addressed include a denial of service vulnerability.
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https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_5582.json
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_87_1 and kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_91_1 security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2024:5582-03
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5582
Issue date: 2024-08-20
Revision: 03
CVE Names: CVE-2024-36971
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Summary:
An update for kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_87_1 and kpatch-patch-4_18_0-372_91_1 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
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-4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6.
Security Fix(es):
kernel: net: CVE-2024-36971 kernel: UAF in network route management (CVE-2024-36971)
kernel: virtio-net: tap: mlx5_core short frame denial of service (CVE-2024-41090)
kernel: virtio-net: tun: mlx5_core short frame denial of service (CVE-2024-41091)
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:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
CVEs:
CVE-2024-36971
References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2292331
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2299240
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2299336
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