RHSA-2024:1368HighCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch security update

Published
March 19, 2024
Last Modified
August 6, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2023-4921 →CVE-2024-0646 →

📋 Description

CVE-2023-4921 — kernel: use-after-free in sch_qfq network scheduler CVE-2024-0646 — kernel: ktls overwrites readonly memory pages when using function splice with a ktls socket as destination

🎯 Affected products22

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_27_1-0:1-3.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_27_1-0:1-3.el8_8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_27_1-0:1-3.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_27_1-debuginfo-0:1-3.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_27_1-debuginfo-0:1-3.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_27_1-debugsource-0:1-3.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_27_1-debugsource-0:1-3.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_36_1-0:1-2.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_36_1-0:1-2.el8_8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_36_1-0:1-2.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_36_1-debuginfo-0:1-2.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_36_1-debuginfo-0:1-2.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_36_1-debugsource-0:1-2.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_36_1-debugsource-0:1-2.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_43_1-0:1-1.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_43_1-0:1-1.el8_8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_43_1-0:1-1.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_43_1-debuginfo-0:1-1.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_43_1-debuginfo-0:1-1.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_43_1-debugsource-0:1-1.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_43_1-debugsource-0:1-1.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)

✅ 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: Mitigation for this issue is to skip loading the affected module sch_qfq onto the system until we have a fix available. This can be done by a blacklist mechanism and will ensure the driver is not loaded at the boot time. ~~~ How do I blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically? https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 ~~~ Workaround: To mitigate this issue, prevent module tls from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

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