A kpatch-patch security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4.
RHSA-2022:8768-01: Important: kpatch-patch security update
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: kpatch-patch security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:8768-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8768
Issue date: 2022-12-02
CVE Names: CVE-2022-2639
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1. Summary:
An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8.4 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.8.4) - 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: openvswitch: integer underflow leads to out-of-bounds write in
reserve_sfa_size() (CVE-2022-2639)
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/):
2084479 - CVE-2022-2639 kernel: openvswitch: integer underflow leads to out-of-bounds write in reserve_sfa_size()
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.4):
Source:
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_49_1-1-4.el8_4.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_57_1-1-3.el8_4.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_62_1-1-3.el8_4.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_65_1-1-2.el8_4.src.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_71_1-1-1.el8_4.src.rpm
ppc64le:
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_49_1-1-4.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_49_1-debuginfo-1-4.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_49_1-debugsource-1-4.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_57_1-1-3.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_57_1-debuginfo-1-3.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_57_1-debugsource-1-3.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_62_1-1-3.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_62_1-debuginfo-1-3.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_62_1-debugsource-1-3.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_65_1-1-2.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_65_1-debuginfo-1-2.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_65_1-debugsource-1-2.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_71_1-1-1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_71_1-debuginfo-1-1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_71_1-debugsource-1-1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_49_1-1-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_49_1-debuginfo-1-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_49_1-debugsource-1-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_57_1-1-3.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_57_1-debuginfo-1-3.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_57_1-debugsource-1-3.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_62_1-1-3.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_62_1-debuginfo-1-3.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_62_1-debugsource-1-3.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_65_1-1-2.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_65_1-debuginfo-1-2.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_65_1-debugsource-1-2.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_71_1-1-1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_71_1-debuginfo-1-1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_71_1-debugsource-1-1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
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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-2022-2639
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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