# RHSA-2023:5244: Security update for 23 packages

RHSA-2023:5244, released September 19, 2023, fixes 10 CVEs across 23 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-5244
- Platform: Linux
- Released: Sep 19, 2023
- Priority: High (Closes CVE-2023-44466, high severity)
- CVEs: 10, exploited: 0, on CISA KEV: 0
- Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5244

## Applies to

| Product | Release | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| [bpftool](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/bpftool.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8 |
| [kernel](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8 |
| [kernel-abi-stablelists](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-abi-stablelists.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8 |
| [kernel-core](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-core.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8 |
| [kernel-debug](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-debug.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8 |
| [kernel-debug-core](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-debug-core.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8 |
| [kernel-debug-devel](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-debug-devel.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8 |
| [kernel-debug-modules](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-debug-modules.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8 |
| [kernel-debug-modules-extra](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-debug-modules-extra.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8 |
| [kernel-devel](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-devel.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8 |
| [kernel-doc](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-doc.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8 |
| [kernel-modules](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-modules.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8 |
| [kernel-modules-extra](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-modules-extra.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8 |
| [kernel-tools](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-tools.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8 |
| [kernel-tools-libs](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-tools-libs.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8 |
| [kernel-tools-libs-devel](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-tools-libs-devel.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8 |
| [kernel-zfcpdump](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-zfcpdump.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8 |
| [kernel-zfcpdump-core](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-zfcpdump-core.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8 |
| [kernel-zfcpdump-devel](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-zfcpdump-devel.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8 |
| [kernel-zfcpdump-modules](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-zfcpdump-modules.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8 |
| [kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8 |
| [perf](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/perf.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8 |
| [python3-perf](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/python3-perf.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8 |

## CVEs this fix closes

| CVE | Priority | Title | CVSS | EPSS | Exploitation |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---|
| [CVE-2023-44466](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2023-44466.md) | High | perf: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.  Security Fix(es):  * kernel: i... | 8.8 | 0.4489 |  |
| [CVE-2023-20593](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2023-20593.md) | High | amd64-microcode: An issue in “Zen 2” CPUs, under specific microarchitectural circumstances,may allow an attacker to potentially access... | 7.8 | 0.0507 |  |
| [CVE-2023-35001](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2023-35001.md) | High | bpftool: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.  Security Fix(es):  * kernel: i... | 7.8 | 0.0154 |  |
| [CVE-2023-2002](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2023-2002.md) | High | kernel-zfcpdump-devel: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.  Security Fix(es):  * kernel: i... | 7.8 | 0.0147 |  |
| [CVE-2023-4004](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2023-4004.md) | High | bpftool: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.  Security Fix(es):  * kernel: i... | 7.8 | 0.0092 |  |
| [CVE-2023-3390](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2023-3390.md) | High | linux: A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's netfilter subsystem in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 7.8 | 0.0091 |  |
| [CVE-2023-35788](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2023-35788.md) | High | linux: An issue was discovered in fl_set_geneve_opt in net/sched/cls_flower.c in the Linux kernel before 6.3.7 | 7.8 | 0.0052 |  |
| [CVE-2023-3776](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2023-3776.md) | High | kernel-abi-stablelists: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.  Security Fix(es):  * kernel: i... | 7.8 | 0.0051 |  |
| [CVE-2023-3090](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2023-3090.md) | High | kernel-core: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.  Security Fix(es):  * kernel: i... | 7.8 | 0.0048 |  |
| [CVE-2023-1637](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2023-1637.md) | Routine | kernel-core: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.  Security Fix(es):  * kernel: i... | 5.5 | 0.0022 |  |

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Data as of 2026-11-07T12:40:37Z UTC. Source: Patchblox Patch Radar (https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar). Patchblox finds out-of-date software on Windows, macOS and Linux and updates it through release rings: https://patchblox.com/demo
