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https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_4970.json

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:           Important: kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_120_1 security update
Advisory ID:        RHSA-2024:4970-03
Product:            Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4970
Issue date:         2024-08-01
Revision:           03
CVE Names:          CVE-2023-6546
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Summary: 

An update for kpatch-patch-4_18_0-305_120_1 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 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-4.18.0-305.120.1.el8_4.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: GSM multiplexing race condition leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2023-6546,ZDI-CAN-20527)

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-2023-6546

References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255498