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8.1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel can be exploited for higher privileges

published 1 month ago
Summary

The core part of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, called the kernel, has bugs that could let an attacker gain additional rights on the system or cause it to crash. Applying the latest Red Hat security and bug‑fix updates will close these gaps and keep the server stable and protected.

What to do
  • Update redhat bpftool to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat bpftool-debuginfo to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-abi-stablelists to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-core to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-debug to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-debug-core to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-debug-debuginfo to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-debug-devel to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-debug-modules to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-debug-modules-extra to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-debuginfo to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-devel to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-doc to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-modules to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-modules-extra to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-tools to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-tools-debuginfo to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-tools-libs to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-zfcpdump to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-zfcpdump-core to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-zfcpdump-devel to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-zfcpdump-modules to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat perf to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat perf-debuginfo to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat python3-perf to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat python3-perf-debuginfo to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
  • Update redhat kernel-tools-libs-devel to version 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10.
Affected software
Ecosystem VendorProductAffected versions
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat bpftool < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat bpftool-debuginfo < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel-abi-stablelists < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel-core < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel-debug < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel-debug-core < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel-debug-debuginfo < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel-debug-devel < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel-debug-modules < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel-debug-modules-extra < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel-debuginfo < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel-devel < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel-doc < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel-modules < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel-modules-extra < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel-tools < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel-tools-debuginfo < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel-tools-libs < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel-zfcpdump < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel-zfcpdump-core < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel-zfcpdump-devel < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel-zfcpdump-modules < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat perf < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat perf-debuginfo < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat python3-perf < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos redhat python3-perf-debuginfo < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb redhat bpftool-debuginfo < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb redhat kernel-debug-debuginfo < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb redhat kernel-debuginfo < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb redhat kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb redhat kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb redhat kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb redhat kernel-tools-debuginfo < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb redhat kernel-tools-libs-devel < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb redhat perf-debuginfo < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb redhat python3-perf-debuginfo < 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Fix: upgrade to 0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
Original advisory text
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
References
Fix within
Internet-facing 14 days
Internal At next upgrade
  • Not known to be exploited
  • Needs hands-on effort to exploit (estimated)
  • Gives an attacker full control (estimated)
Severity
8.1 High
Timeline
Published10 Sep 2026
Updated23 Sep 2026
First seen10 Sep 2026
Sources
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