Red Hat Alert
2897Warning Date
Severity Level
Warning Number
Target Sector
6 April, 2022
● High
2022-4626
All
Red Hat has released security updates to address several vulnerabilities in the following products:
- kpatch-patch
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.2 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.2 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.2 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.2 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2 x86_64
- kernel
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
- Red Hat Virtualization Host 4 for RHEL 7 x86_64
- kernel-rt
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time 7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV 7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time - Telecommunications Update Service 8.2 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV - Telecommunications Update Service 8.2 x86_64
An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:
- Denial of service attack (DoS)
- Execute arbitrary code
- Buffer overflow
The CERT team encourages users to review Red Hat security advisory and apply the necessary updates: