# RHSA-2024:0340: Security update for 2 packages

RHSA-2024:0340, released January 23, 2024, fixes 5 CVEs across 2 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2024-0340
- Platform: Linux
- Released: Jan 23, 2024
- Priority: High (Closes CVE-2023-5178, high severity)
- CVEs: 5, exploited: 0, on CISA KEV: 0
- Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0340

## Applies to

| Product | Release | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| [kpatch-patch-5_14_0-362_13_1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kpatch-patch-5-14-0-362-13-1.md) | RHEL 9 | 0:1-1.el9_3 |
| [kpatch-patch-5_14_0-362_8_1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kpatch-patch-5-14-0-362-8-1.md) | RHEL 9 | 0:1-2.el9_3 |

## CVEs this fix closes

| CVE | Priority | Title | CVSS | EPSS | Exploitation |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---|
| [CVE-2023-5178](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2023-5178.md) | High | bpftool: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.  Security Fix(es):  * kernel: b... | 9.8 | 0.0962 |  |
| [CVE-2023-4622](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2023-4622.md) | High | kpatch-patch-4_18_0-513_5_1: This is a kernel live patch module which is automatically loaded by the RPM post-install script to modify the code of... | 7.0 | 0.0062 |  |
| [CVE-2023-42753](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2023-42753.md) | High | kernel-64kb: The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.   The following security bu... | 7.8 | 0.0051 |  |
| [CVE-2023-3812](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2023-3812.md) | High | bpftool: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.  Security Fix(es):  * kernel: b... | 7.8 | 0.0034 |  |
| [CVE-2023-4623](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2023-4623.md) | High | kernel-rt: The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high... | 7.8 | 0.0028 |  |

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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 Patchblox finds out-of-date software on Windows, macOS and Linux and updates it through release rings: https://patchblox.com/demo