RLSA-2026:89753

Synopsis

Moderate: freeipmi security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-279523)

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.

Affected products

Rocky Linux 9 aarch64 Rocky Linux 9 ppc64le Rocky Linux 9 s390x Rocky Linux 9 x86_64

Fixes

2528390 2528396 2528398 2528399 2528400 2528401

CVEs

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

Affected packages

Rocky Linux 9 aarch64 - AppStream

freeipmi-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.aarch64.rpm freeipmi-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.src.rpm freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.aarch64.rpm freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.aarch64.rpm freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.aarch64.rpm freeipmi-debugsource-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.aarch64.rpm freeipmi-ipmidetectd-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.aarch64.rpm freeipmi-ipmidetectd-debuginfo-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.aarch64.rpm freeipmi-ipmiseld-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.aarch64.rpm freeipmi-ipmiseld-debuginfo-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.aarch64.rpm

Rocky Linux 9 x86_64 - AppStream

freeipmi-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.i686.rpm freeipmi-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.src.rpm freeipmi-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.x86_64.rpm freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.x86_64.rpm freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.x86_64.rpm freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.i686.rpm freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.x86_64.rpm freeipmi-debugsource-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.i686.rpm freeipmi-debugsource-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.x86_64.rpm freeipmi-ipmidetectd-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.x86_64.rpm freeipmi-ipmidetectd-debuginfo-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.x86_64.rpm freeipmi-ipmiseld-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.x86_64.rpm freeipmi-ipmiseld-debuginfo-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.x86_64.rpm

Rocky Linux 9 ppc64le - AppStream

freeipmi-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.ppc64le.rpm freeipmi-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.src.rpm freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.ppc64le.rpm freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.ppc64le.rpm freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.ppc64le.rpm freeipmi-debugsource-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.ppc64le.rpm freeipmi-ipmidetectd-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.ppc64le.rpm freeipmi-ipmidetectd-debuginfo-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.ppc64le.rpm freeipmi-ipmiseld-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.ppc64le.rpm freeipmi-ipmiseld-debuginfo-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.ppc64le.rpm

Rocky Linux 9 s390x - AppStream

freeipmi-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.s390x.rpm freeipmi-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.src.rpm freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.s390x.rpm freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.s390x.rpm freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.s390x.rpm freeipmi-debugsource-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.s390x.rpm freeipmi-ipmidetectd-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.s390x.rpm freeipmi-ipmidetectd-debuginfo-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.s390x.rpm freeipmi-ipmiseld-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.s390x.rpm freeipmi-ipmiseld-debuginfo-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.s390x.rpm

Rocky Linux 9 aarch64 - CRB

freeipmi-devel-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.aarch64.rpm

Rocky Linux 9 x86_64 - CRB

freeipmi-devel-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.i686.rpm freeipmi-devel-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.x86_64.rpm

Rocky Linux 9 ppc64le - CRB

freeipmi-devel-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.ppc64le.rpm

Rocky Linux 9 s390x - CRB

freeipmi-devel-0:1.6.20-1.el9_8.s390x.rpm