Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2026:97882 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2026-11-10
Updated:
2026-11-10

RHBA-2026:97882 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

freeipmi bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

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

Description

The freeipmi packages contain an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) remote console and system management software based on the IPMI specification.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • Update freeipmi to 1.6.20 to fix two potential buffer overflows [rhel-9.9.z] (JIRA:RHEL-279520)

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 IBM z Systems 9 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9 aarch64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 9 x86_64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 9 aarch64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 9 s390x

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9

SRPM
freeipmi-1.6.20-1.el9_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 8de0892bdf66f5f71bc386fd4f206b5cf8f88c903f8abb5e7b0f7295aadf77cb
x86_64
freeipmi-1.6.20-1.el9_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 20dd2aa6663a082a2ecee943884114adb2a256cf027e0c13c1f3f8e5e8a03e35
freeipmi-1.6.20-1.el9_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ebc30b541f36bd0bb887879da75ee65e3d6e97475abe3dcc8429333e03bc2165
freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-1.6.20-1.el9_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 181ba1d9fce705c36b8fc14e6a01f3cd0c1d36a3ef4158b1e5d135e63ab9fb6e
freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 75182c023b236a0de8edd321603a4b23414868e0ee8dbed1fe660a63000cffbf
freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9293bbf9dd85be0dd3979fa5d44192ca461ee333ba5832c6385c081605ed8005
freeipmi-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: aba7ac69e0a1f51ca0e494560f6beff0a13021959037a147a16f95c9a203ce71
freeipmi-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: acf828536149962b9347df77493903b78abc0ec5dac4831cc90b99092cec3dec
freeipmi-debugsource-1.6.20-1.el9_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3f4b0a33ef9ef06fadcc27cc492887111d398da68e7a554e18076e71dc9ec364
freeipmi-debugsource-1.6.20-1.el9_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 92d77499e54c985e89c884e8c30aa3b8882ef0923613455031bef4555157e927
freeipmi-ipmidetectd-1.6.20-1.el9_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8c8c7a8f7c888587fbbf6ae9a9f05153a4ea41d142d879cc61930d6fb64c1a63
freeipmi-ipmidetectd-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: ca5b2805b76de5cdb9b5e95d9da1761aaee0a2c48ae73c6495d1e96cf3d6ccce
freeipmi-ipmidetectd-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 25678d1386554a824e7091d7e7fdd1d1a240b8ca7fe0c195c9f6be900d52f299
freeipmi-ipmiseld-1.6.20-1.el9_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fe5c5e65d97f8d15cd38e67632337ec1854aea13830fcf82898d19e6200abaa5
freeipmi-ipmiseld-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5600e0d687e724e593d97b57c392c5969fde31ed5f7f360a42ab5f489c10141f
freeipmi-ipmiseld-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f76e7efd878368a797addb9aa5d6d7d51dcfbcbc1aa0a5cf9308a0817ec300d6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9

SRPM
freeipmi-1.6.20-1.el9_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 8de0892bdf66f5f71bc386fd4f206b5cf8f88c903f8abb5e7b0f7295aadf77cb
s390x
freeipmi-1.6.20-1.el9_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c6567db2ae85296bf01889c35c4dac7ef7b905dfadf9637e0d37d8804d5ebc29
freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-1.6.20-1.el9_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e7a48da0e7fbc6da9ebdec7daeaee2772db4efe68de171d833b50604e775af00
freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 56d5b1ab537e07d86d3304b3a8d0c0748b3a6781376799ffab37988294d2575d
freeipmi-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 600309f2e20df6cd73996a86cb1e089bc5838ab5aa9fb327abd5e360bf50494d
freeipmi-debugsource-1.6.20-1.el9_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 20b63bf33b85450e643a843ac3cdd0113c88eda612efed3418b6f6ddcae30f0e
freeipmi-ipmidetectd-1.6.20-1.el9_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6c52ebb66ab1885f15e5be5bf4de7fdc980cda16fdccac1532789fde2370540d
freeipmi-ipmidetectd-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 124b27508c17cfda2dfde7e79de88f675608a4d1fe8c2e8a6ecf2e73d39c85b1
freeipmi-ipmiseld-1.6.20-1.el9_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 15dec22a0a29a02ffeff5aa9a1e2cdd8c0f0a6201ec9f651af6a206894dc3d63
freeipmi-ipmiseld-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 538d0646a36f50fd1867d208f538d7689b843a29b9db55289d67103a5f4c8b4e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9

SRPM
freeipmi-1.6.20-1.el9_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 8de0892bdf66f5f71bc386fd4f206b5cf8f88c903f8abb5e7b0f7295aadf77cb
ppc64le
freeipmi-1.6.20-1.el9_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: c69fc346fda78977d69adc70b4e2b9c6905134c5771ea77e40a2582a57c13b4c
freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-1.6.20-1.el9_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 6984c7e34c370c1aafa1d7847827ef632ce394bd3748a2452c25a1acb32e8c76
freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: cced53f8b615644139bbe65ed4174bdb50b9499f74c8aa901479f80521a2f62f
freeipmi-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 92e506ac46ac8a2362747154ec12963496d39873ce0e964cc2adf2d34d275ed7
freeipmi-debugsource-1.6.20-1.el9_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 153370be8befc66fc4b915fb2ca223cb311fde109e000e636a6061823f733e70
freeipmi-ipmidetectd-1.6.20-1.el9_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 16755ef4f0fd8eb9df63ab299edf85bf1a786991e6abb6a1696553573f356e3b
freeipmi-ipmidetectd-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 509dbd4057260bbed2992883c12ca4d5187db4c578011991c0f41f65c1d488d2
freeipmi-ipmiseld-1.6.20-1.el9_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 398f57b8d99fd0fbdd55d3b9bea8d1b7b8e13bb50628354bf2b4092fb5eac28c
freeipmi-ipmiseld-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 13cd814c08953d916bbc66a81e5c45e1fb646ef9248d1c2c382825ab0817c20b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9

SRPM
freeipmi-1.6.20-1.el9_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 8de0892bdf66f5f71bc386fd4f206b5cf8f88c903f8abb5e7b0f7295aadf77cb
aarch64
freeipmi-1.6.20-1.el9_9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 00f9764137e35e4c682a23343229574cfcfc229777581c4ce923e21128828137
freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-1.6.20-1.el9_9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 727c790001f34e52dd73fc6164e7439534fa01e55db91c8ea9392891e0aa2df7
freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: adcf8ac714d0ef05489d7f24c6d5aa20b4fca59e95abafe8c3beb4a38aed6153
freeipmi-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 75220e06254c05bc415c9d1023a3291c1050e27df653711dbfbb6f5bf264eb60
freeipmi-debugsource-1.6.20-1.el9_9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 56d84b3471a8782182f2523821775e617a3eace663d5bcd6bbf81cd55042846e
freeipmi-ipmidetectd-1.6.20-1.el9_9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 484b8329ffbd0ebb8bf9dc0bced0fb96562e49c2d697e3c557d698e8cc9f58dc
freeipmi-ipmidetectd-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 493d543ff32d31c2f35073d63371b2540a58da86c52e79b8f30f2547278be688
freeipmi-ipmiseld-1.6.20-1.el9_9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 93083237d1323d7b2d647b62ef3e1f5eb482799307e4e1931c1287b8f199af40
freeipmi-ipmiseld-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b360fb59eaca23772f54326cd0b95434344f8644c2e6f39624ff16af9d76406c

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 9

SRPM
x86_64
freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 75182c023b236a0de8edd321603a4b23414868e0ee8dbed1fe660a63000cffbf
freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9293bbf9dd85be0dd3979fa5d44192ca461ee333ba5832c6385c081605ed8005
freeipmi-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: aba7ac69e0a1f51ca0e494560f6beff0a13021959037a147a16f95c9a203ce71
freeipmi-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: acf828536149962b9347df77493903b78abc0ec5dac4831cc90b99092cec3dec
freeipmi-debugsource-1.6.20-1.el9_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3f4b0a33ef9ef06fadcc27cc492887111d398da68e7a554e18076e71dc9ec364
freeipmi-debugsource-1.6.20-1.el9_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 92d77499e54c985e89c884e8c30aa3b8882ef0923613455031bef4555157e927
freeipmi-devel-1.6.20-1.el9_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 93a363d772838249aa6589aa0aed2df6232c1bb8501021e93fba19dda8c42a61
freeipmi-devel-1.6.20-1.el9_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e0b70e0c55d7feb07ad3b16717f2ba33837e18597fa0b1e15815dd80dfbd7375
freeipmi-ipmidetectd-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: ca5b2805b76de5cdb9b5e95d9da1761aaee0a2c48ae73c6495d1e96cf3d6ccce
freeipmi-ipmidetectd-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 25678d1386554a824e7091d7e7fdd1d1a240b8ca7fe0c195c9f6be900d52f299
freeipmi-ipmiseld-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5600e0d687e724e593d97b57c392c5969fde31ed5f7f360a42ab5f489c10141f
freeipmi-ipmiseld-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f76e7efd878368a797addb9aa5d6d7d51dcfbcbc1aa0a5cf9308a0817ec300d6

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 9

SRPM
ppc64le
freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: cced53f8b615644139bbe65ed4174bdb50b9499f74c8aa901479f80521a2f62f
freeipmi-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 92e506ac46ac8a2362747154ec12963496d39873ce0e964cc2adf2d34d275ed7
freeipmi-debugsource-1.6.20-1.el9_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 153370be8befc66fc4b915fb2ca223cb311fde109e000e636a6061823f733e70
freeipmi-devel-1.6.20-1.el9_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9cbf4c44655e192a581acc7efdfd470c68e1a68ab724e34da828f392dc20c1a4
freeipmi-ipmidetectd-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 509dbd4057260bbed2992883c12ca4d5187db4c578011991c0f41f65c1d488d2
freeipmi-ipmiseld-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 13cd814c08953d916bbc66a81e5c45e1fb646ef9248d1c2c382825ab0817c20b

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 9

SRPM
aarch64
freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: adcf8ac714d0ef05489d7f24c6d5aa20b4fca59e95abafe8c3beb4a38aed6153
freeipmi-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 75220e06254c05bc415c9d1023a3291c1050e27df653711dbfbb6f5bf264eb60
freeipmi-debugsource-1.6.20-1.el9_9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 56d84b3471a8782182f2523821775e617a3eace663d5bcd6bbf81cd55042846e
freeipmi-devel-1.6.20-1.el9_9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 6e31356410b1df48688c8153b319993cbd46c92b43919b177e009db2ab41e753
freeipmi-ipmidetectd-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 493d543ff32d31c2f35073d63371b2540a58da86c52e79b8f30f2547278be688
freeipmi-ipmiseld-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b360fb59eaca23772f54326cd0b95434344f8644c2e6f39624ff16af9d76406c

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 9

SRPM
s390x
freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 56d5b1ab537e07d86d3304b3a8d0c0748b3a6781376799ffab37988294d2575d
freeipmi-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 600309f2e20df6cd73996a86cb1e089bc5838ab5aa9fb327abd5e360bf50494d
freeipmi-debugsource-1.6.20-1.el9_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 20b63bf33b85450e643a843ac3cdd0113c88eda612efed3418b6f6ddcae30f0e
freeipmi-devel-1.6.20-1.el9_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8db14df5e49545dfcfac9b870809f3436b74b450ac029cc2da988def7ffa99b2
freeipmi-ipmidetectd-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 124b27508c17cfda2dfde7e79de88f675608a4d1fe8c2e8a6ecf2e73d39c85b1
freeipmi-ipmiseld-debuginfo-1.6.20-1.el9_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 538d0646a36f50fd1867d208f538d7689b843a29b9db55289d67103a5f4c8b4e

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