Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2025:7441 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2025-05-13
Updated:
2025-05-13

RHBA-2025:7441 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

kpatch bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for kpatch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Description

The kpatch management tool provides a kernel patching infrastructure which allows you to patch a running kernel without rebooting or restarting any processes. The kpatch tool works at the function level for replacing old functions with new functions using hot patch modules.

Bug Fix(es):

  • Backport kpatch-dnf plugin enhancements to filter kernels (JIRA:RHEL-77113)

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.6 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.6 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.6 s390x

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9

SRPM
kpatch-0.9.7-3.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: ed8c739a6e07ee222bd74c509e4cc237ac1e4ed94b9e3a971d5754c6c9c24535
x86_64
kpatch-0.9.7-3.el9_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b8bfe3d9bd8bed9ddafbfc51ac9246633ae6f93e9f6f10b3c6227d5100d018c6
kpatch-dnf-0.9.7_0.5-3.el9_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 883b7b0f8a8f94e3d554d91677fc45a66706b2e54c49812d27b54c2ac82fedee

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.6

SRPM
kpatch-0.9.7-3.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: ed8c739a6e07ee222bd74c509e4cc237ac1e4ed94b9e3a971d5754c6c9c24535
x86_64
kpatch-0.9.7-3.el9_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b8bfe3d9bd8bed9ddafbfc51ac9246633ae6f93e9f6f10b3c6227d5100d018c6
kpatch-dnf-0.9.7_0.5-3.el9_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 883b7b0f8a8f94e3d554d91677fc45a66706b2e54c49812d27b54c2ac82fedee

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.6

SRPM
kpatch-0.9.7-3.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: ed8c739a6e07ee222bd74c509e4cc237ac1e4ed94b9e3a971d5754c6c9c24535
x86_64
kpatch-0.9.7-3.el9_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b8bfe3d9bd8bed9ddafbfc51ac9246633ae6f93e9f6f10b3c6227d5100d018c6
kpatch-dnf-0.9.7_0.5-3.el9_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 883b7b0f8a8f94e3d554d91677fc45a66706b2e54c49812d27b54c2ac82fedee

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9

SRPM
kpatch-0.9.7-3.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: ed8c739a6e07ee222bd74c509e4cc237ac1e4ed94b9e3a971d5754c6c9c24535
s390x
kpatch-0.9.7-3.el9_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b8bfe3d9bd8bed9ddafbfc51ac9246633ae6f93e9f6f10b3c6227d5100d018c6
kpatch-dnf-0.9.7_0.5-3.el9_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 883b7b0f8a8f94e3d554d91677fc45a66706b2e54c49812d27b54c2ac82fedee

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.6

SRPM
kpatch-0.9.7-3.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: ed8c739a6e07ee222bd74c509e4cc237ac1e4ed94b9e3a971d5754c6c9c24535
s390x
kpatch-0.9.7-3.el9_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b8bfe3d9bd8bed9ddafbfc51ac9246633ae6f93e9f6f10b3c6227d5100d018c6
kpatch-dnf-0.9.7_0.5-3.el9_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 883b7b0f8a8f94e3d554d91677fc45a66706b2e54c49812d27b54c2ac82fedee

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9

SRPM
kpatch-0.9.7-3.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: ed8c739a6e07ee222bd74c509e4cc237ac1e4ed94b9e3a971d5754c6c9c24535
ppc64le
kpatch-0.9.7-3.el9_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b8bfe3d9bd8bed9ddafbfc51ac9246633ae6f93e9f6f10b3c6227d5100d018c6
kpatch-dnf-0.9.7_0.5-3.el9_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 883b7b0f8a8f94e3d554d91677fc45a66706b2e54c49812d27b54c2ac82fedee

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.6

SRPM
kpatch-0.9.7-3.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: ed8c739a6e07ee222bd74c509e4cc237ac1e4ed94b9e3a971d5754c6c9c24535
ppc64le
kpatch-0.9.7-3.el9_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b8bfe3d9bd8bed9ddafbfc51ac9246633ae6f93e9f6f10b3c6227d5100d018c6
kpatch-dnf-0.9.7_0.5-3.el9_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 883b7b0f8a8f94e3d554d91677fc45a66706b2e54c49812d27b54c2ac82fedee

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9

SRPM
kpatch-0.9.7-3.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: ed8c739a6e07ee222bd74c509e4cc237ac1e4ed94b9e3a971d5754c6c9c24535
aarch64
kpatch-0.9.7-3.el9_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b8bfe3d9bd8bed9ddafbfc51ac9246633ae6f93e9f6f10b3c6227d5100d018c6
kpatch-dnf-0.9.7_0.5-3.el9_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 883b7b0f8a8f94e3d554d91677fc45a66706b2e54c49812d27b54c2ac82fedee

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.6

SRPM
kpatch-0.9.7-3.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: ed8c739a6e07ee222bd74c509e4cc237ac1e4ed94b9e3a971d5754c6c9c24535
aarch64
kpatch-0.9.7-3.el9_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b8bfe3d9bd8bed9ddafbfc51ac9246633ae6f93e9f6f10b3c6227d5100d018c6
kpatch-dnf-0.9.7_0.5-3.el9_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 883b7b0f8a8f94e3d554d91677fc45a66706b2e54c49812d27b54c2ac82fedee

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6

SRPM
kpatch-0.9.7-3.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: ed8c739a6e07ee222bd74c509e4cc237ac1e4ed94b9e3a971d5754c6c9c24535
ppc64le
kpatch-0.9.7-3.el9_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b8bfe3d9bd8bed9ddafbfc51ac9246633ae6f93e9f6f10b3c6227d5100d018c6
kpatch-dnf-0.9.7_0.5-3.el9_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 883b7b0f8a8f94e3d554d91677fc45a66706b2e54c49812d27b54c2ac82fedee

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6

SRPM
kpatch-0.9.7-3.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: ed8c739a6e07ee222bd74c509e4cc237ac1e4ed94b9e3a971d5754c6c9c24535
x86_64
kpatch-0.9.7-3.el9_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b8bfe3d9bd8bed9ddafbfc51ac9246633ae6f93e9f6f10b3c6227d5100d018c6
kpatch-dnf-0.9.7_0.5-3.el9_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 883b7b0f8a8f94e3d554d91677fc45a66706b2e54c49812d27b54c2ac82fedee

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.6

SRPM
kpatch-0.9.7-3.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: ed8c739a6e07ee222bd74c509e4cc237ac1e4ed94b9e3a971d5754c6c9c24535
aarch64
kpatch-0.9.7-3.el9_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b8bfe3d9bd8bed9ddafbfc51ac9246633ae6f93e9f6f10b3c6227d5100d018c6
kpatch-dnf-0.9.7_0.5-3.el9_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 883b7b0f8a8f94e3d554d91677fc45a66706b2e54c49812d27b54c2ac82fedee

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.6

SRPM
kpatch-0.9.7-3.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: ed8c739a6e07ee222bd74c509e4cc237ac1e4ed94b9e3a971d5754c6c9c24535
s390x
kpatch-0.9.7-3.el9_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b8bfe3d9bd8bed9ddafbfc51ac9246633ae6f93e9f6f10b3c6227d5100d018c6
kpatch-dnf-0.9.7_0.5-3.el9_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 883b7b0f8a8f94e3d554d91677fc45a66706b2e54c49812d27b54c2ac82fedee

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