RHSA-2026:89754 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for freeipmi is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

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

Security Fix(es):

• FreeIPMI: FreeIPMI: Arbitrary code execution via malformed Fujitsu System Event Log responses (CVE-2026-85504)
• FreeIPMI: FreeIPMI: Arbitrary code execution via stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2026-85507)
• FreeIPMI: FreeIPMI: Arbitrary code execution via stack-based buffer overflow in ipmi-oem (CVE-2026-85506)
• FreeIPMI: FreeIPMI: Arbitrary code execution via stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2026-85509)
• FreeIPMI: FreeIPMI: Denial of Service via stack-based buffer over-read in ipmi-oem (CVE-2026-85505)
• freeipmi: FreeIPMI: stack-based buffer overflow in ipmi-oem Dell system info handler (CVE-2026-85508)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

• Update freeipmi to 1.6.20 to fix two potential buffer overflows [rhel-8.10.z] (JIRA:RHEL-279519)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 2528390 - CVE-2026-85504 FreeIPMI: FreeIPMI: Arbitrary code execution via malformed Fujitsu System Event Log responses
• BZ - 2528396 - CVE-2026-85507 FreeIPMI: FreeIPMI: Arbitrary code execution via stack-based buffer overflow
• BZ - 2528398 - CVE-2026-85506 FreeIPMI: FreeIPMI: Arbitrary code execution via stack-based buffer overflow in ipmi-oem
• BZ - 2528399 - CVE-2026-85509 FreeIPMI: FreeIPMI: Arbitrary code execution via stack-based buffer overflow
• BZ - 2528400 - CVE-2026-85505 FreeIPMI: FreeIPMI: Denial of Service via stack-based buffer over-read in ipmi-oem
• BZ - 2528401 - CVE-2026-85508 freeipmi: FreeIPMI: stack-based buffer overflow in ipmi-oem Dell system info handler

CVEs

• CVE-2026-85504
• CVE-2026-85505
• CVE-2026-85506
• CVE-2026-85507
• CVE-2026-85508
• CVE-2026-85509

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate