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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Kernel Security Update Exposes System to Privilege Escalation
published 1 year ago
Summary
A security issue in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system. This affects all versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. To protect your system, update to the latest kernel version as soon as possible.
What to do
- Update redhat bpftool to version 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7.
- Update redhat bpftool-debuginfo to version 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7.
- Update redhat kernel to version 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7.
- Update redhat kernel-abi-whitelists to version 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7.
- Update redhat kernel-debug to version 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7.
- Update redhat kernel-debug-debuginfo to version 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7.
- Update redhat kernel-debug-devel to version 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7.
- Update redhat kernel-debuginfo to version 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7.
- Update redhat kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 to version 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7.
- Update redhat kernel-devel to version 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7.
- Update redhat kernel-doc to version 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7.
- Update redhat kernel-tools to version 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7.
- Update redhat kernel-tools-debuginfo to version 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7.
- Update redhat kernel-tools-libs to version 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7.
- Update redhat perf to version 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7.
- Update redhat perf-debuginfo to version 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7.
- Update redhat python-perf to version 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7.
- Update redhat python-perf-debuginfo to version 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7.
- Update redhat kernel-tools-libs-devel to version 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7.
Affected software
| Ecosystem | Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:7.7::server | redhat | bpftool |
< 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7
|
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:7.7::server | redhat | bpftool-debuginfo |
< 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7
|
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:7.7::server | redhat | kernel |
< 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7
|
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:7.7::server | redhat | kernel-abi-whitelists |
< 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7
|
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:7.7::server | redhat | kernel-debug |
< 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7
|
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:7.7::server | redhat | kernel-debug-debuginfo |
< 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7
|
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:7.7::server | redhat | kernel-debug-devel |
< 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7
|
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:7.7::server | redhat | kernel-debuginfo |
< 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7
|
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:7.7::server | redhat | kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 |
< 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7
|
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:7.7::server | redhat | kernel-devel |
< 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7
|
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:7.7::server | redhat | kernel-doc |
< 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7
|
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:7.7::server | redhat | kernel-tools |
< 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7
|
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:7.7::server | redhat | kernel-tools-debuginfo |
< 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7
|
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:7.7::server | redhat | kernel-tools-libs |
< 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7
|
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:7.7::server | redhat | perf |
< 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7
|
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:7.7::server | redhat | perf-debuginfo |
< 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7
|
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:7.7::server | redhat | python-perf |
< 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7
|
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:7.7::server | redhat | python-perf-debuginfo |
< 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7
|
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:7.7::server | redhat | kernel-tools-libs-devel |
< 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.10.0-1062.98.1.el7
|
Original advisory text
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7899 Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2330763 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2025/rhsa-2025_7899.j... Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53141 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53141 Vendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53141 Vendor Advisory
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024120606-CVE-2024-53141-195b@gregkh... Third Party Advisory
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)
Timeline
Published20 May 2025
Updated5 Aug 2026
First seen5 Aug 2026
Sources
RHSA-2025:7899 · OSV
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