SB20240806267 - Amazon Linux AMI update for kernel



SB20240806267 - Amazon Linux AMI update for kernel

Published: August 6, 2024 Updated: December 19, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB20240806267
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 23
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 4% Medium 17% Low 78%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 23 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52486)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the drivers/gpu/drm/drm_plane.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52489)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition within the section_deactivate() function in mm/sparse.c. A local user can exploit the race and escalate privileges on the system.


3) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52492)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() function in drivers/dma/dmaengine.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


4) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52498)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the dev_pm_skip_resume(), complete_all(), dpm_async_fn(), dpm_noirq_resume_devices(), dpm_resume_noirq(), pm_runtime_enable(), dpm_resume_early(), dpm_resume_start(), device_resume() and dpm_resume() functions in drivers/base/power/main.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


5) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52583)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the ceph_encode_dentry_release() function in fs/ceph/caps.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


6) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52614)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the trans_stat_show() function in drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


7) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52615)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the rng_get_data() and rng_dev_read() functions in drivers/char/hw_random/core.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


8) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52619)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the ramoops_init_przs() function in fs/pstore/ram.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


9) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52672)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the pipe_resize_ring() and pipe_set_size() functions in fs/pipe.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


10) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-1086)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the netfilter nf_tables component in Linux kernel. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.


11) Off-by-one (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23849)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an off-by-one error within the rds_recv_track_latency() function in net/rds/af_rds.c. A local user can trigger an off-by-one error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


12) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26612)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the EXPORT_SYMBOL() function in fs/fscache/cache.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


13) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26614)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the reqsk_queue_alloc() function in net/core/request_sock.c. A remote attacker can send specially crafted ACK packets to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


14) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26625)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in net/llc/af_llc.c when handling orphan sockets. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


15) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26626)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the udp_queue_rcv_one_skb() function in net/ipv4/udp.c, within the raw_rcv_skb() function in net/ipv4/raw.c, within the ipmr_cache_report() function in net/ipv4/ipmr.c, within the ipv4_pktinfo_prepare() function in net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


16) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26627)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service attack (DoS).

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking when calling the scsi_host_busy() function. A local user can perform a denial of service attack.


17) Improper error handling (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26634)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper error handling within the default_device_exit_net() function in net/core/dev.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


18) Use of uninitialized resource (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26635)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to use of uninitialized resource within the cpu_to_be16() function in net/llc/llc_core.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


19) Use of uninitialized resource (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26638)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to use of uninitialized resource within the __sock_xmit() function in drivers/block/nbd.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


20) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26640)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the skb_advance_to_frag() function in net/ipv4/tcp.c. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


21) Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26641)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to access to uninitialized data within the __ip6_tnl_rcv() function in net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


22) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26668)

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the nft_limit_eval() and nft_limit_init() functions in net/netfilter/nft_limit.c. A local user can execute arbitrary code.


23) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26972)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the mutex_unlock() function in fs/ubifs/dir.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.