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High 1 exploited CVE RHSA-2024:2697 2 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch security update

Published Sep 13, 2024 · Updated Aug 7, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 6

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 8.8 EUS rhel_eus:8.8::baseos kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_36_1 0:1-3.el8_8
Red Hat · RHEL 8.8 EUS rhel_eus:8.8::baseos kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_36_1-debuginfo 0:1-3.el8_8
Red Hat · RHEL 8.8 EUS rhel_eus:8.8::baseos kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_36_1-debugsource 0:1-3.el8_8
Red Hat · RHEL 8.8 EUS rhel_eus:8.8::baseos kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_43_1 0:1-2.el8_8
Red Hat · RHEL 8.8 EUS rhel_eus:8.8::baseos kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_43_1-debuginfo 0:1-2.el8_8
Red Hat · RHEL 8.8 EUS rhel_eus:8.8::baseos kpatch-patch-4_18_0-477_43_1-debugsource 0:1-2.el8_8

Vulnerabilities 2

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2024-1086 Exploited · Ransomware Public exploit EPSS 28%

    Use-after-free in Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component

    A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The nft_verdict_init() function allows positive values as drop error within the hook verdict, and hence the nf_hook_slo…

    Linux kernel linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
    KEV May 30, 2024
  • High 7.0
    CVE-2023-6546 Public exploit

    Kernel: gsm multiplexing race condition leads to privilege escalation

    A race condition was found in the GSM 0710 tty multiplexor in the Linux kernel. This issue occurs when two threads execute the GSMIOC_SETCONF ioctl on the same tty file descriptor with the gsm line discipline enabled, and can lead to a use-after-free problem …

    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255498
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2262126
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_2697.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6546
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6546
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6546
  • article
    https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3c4f8333b582487a2d1e02171f1465531cde53e3
  • article
    https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-CAN-20527
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1086
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1086
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1086
  • article
    https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f342de4e2f33e0e39165d8639387aa6c19dff660
  • article
    https://kernel.dance/f342de4e2f33e0e39165d8639387aa6c19dff660
  • article
    https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog