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7.8

Red Hat Linux Kernel Vulnerability: Privilege Escalation Risk

published 3 months ago
Summary

A security issue exists in the Red Hat Linux kernel that could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on a system. This could happen if an attacker can exploit the vulnerability, which is present in all versions of the kernel up to a certain point. System administrators should update their kernel to the latest version to fix this issue.

What to do
  • Update redhat bpftool-debuginfo to version 0:7.0.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-64k-debug-devel to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-64k-debuginfo to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-64k-devel to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-64k-devel-matched to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-debug-debuginfo to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-debug-devel to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-debug-devel-matched to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-debuginfo to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-devel to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-devel-matched to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-doc to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-tools-debuginfo to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-zfcpdump-devel to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat perf to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat perf-debuginfo to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat python3-perf-debuginfo to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat rtla to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat bpftool to version 0:7.0.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-64k to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-64k-core to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-64k-debug to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-64k-debug-core to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-64k-debug-modules to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-64k-debug-modules-core to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-64k-modules to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-64k-modules-core to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-64k-modules-extra to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-abi-stablelists to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-core to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-debug to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-debug-core to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-debug-modules to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-debug-modules-core to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-debug-modules-extra to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-debug-uki-virt to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-modules to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-modules-core to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-modules-extra to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-tools to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-tools-libs to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-uki-virt to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-zfcpdump to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-zfcpdump-core to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-zfcpdump-modules to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
  • Update redhat python3-perf to version 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2.
Affected software
Ecosystem VendorProductAffected versions
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream redhat bpftool-debuginfo < 0:7.0.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:7.0.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream redhat kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream redhat kernel-64k-debug-devel < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream redhat kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream redhat kernel-64k-debuginfo < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream redhat kernel-64k-devel < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream redhat kernel-64k-devel-matched < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream redhat kernel-debug-debuginfo < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream redhat kernel-debug-devel < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream redhat kernel-debug-devel-matched < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream redhat kernel-debuginfo < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream redhat kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream redhat kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream redhat kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream redhat kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream redhat kernel-devel < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream redhat kernel-devel-matched < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream redhat kernel-doc < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream redhat kernel-tools-debuginfo < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream redhat kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream redhat kernel-zfcpdump-devel < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream redhat kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream redhat perf < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream redhat perf-debuginfo < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream redhat python3-perf-debuginfo < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream redhat rtla < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat bpftool < 0:7.0.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:7.0.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat bpftool-debuginfo < 0:7.0.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:7.0.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-64k < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-64k-core < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-64k-debug < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-64k-debug-core < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-64k-debug-modules < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-64k-debug-modules-core < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-64k-debuginfo < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-64k-modules < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-64k-modules-core < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-64k-modules-extra < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-abi-stablelists < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-core < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-debug < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-debug-core < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-debug-debuginfo < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-debug-modules < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-debug-modules-core < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-debug-modules-extra < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-debug-uki-virt < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
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Ecosystem VendorProductAffected versions
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-debuginfo < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-modules < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-modules-core < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-modules-extra < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-tools < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-tools-debuginfo < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-tools-libs < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-uki-virt < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-zfcpdump < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-zfcpdump-core < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-zfcpdump-modules < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat perf-debuginfo < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat python3-perf < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos redhat python3-perf-debuginfo < 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
Fix: upgrade to 0:5.14.0-284.183.1.el9_2
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
7.8 High
Timeline
Published30 Jul 2026
Updated30 Jul 2026
First seen30 Jul 2026
Sources
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