Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.4-2024-067)

high Nessus Plugin ID 198259

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.4.273-186.370. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2024-067 advisory.

2024-08-27: CVE-2024-26863 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-27: CVE-2023-52656 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-27: CVE-2024-26878 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-27: CVE-2024-27038 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-27: CVE-2024-26862 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-27: CVE-2024-26859 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-27: CVE-2024-26816 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-27: CVE-2024-26880 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-27: CVE-2024-26901 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-27: CVE-2024-27388 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-01: CVE-2024-27077 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-01: CVE-2024-27065 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-01: CVE-2024-27025 was added to this advisory.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

io_uring: drop any code related to SCM_RIGHTS (CVE-2023-52656)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

x86, relocs: Ignore relocations in .notes section (CVE-2024-26816)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/bnx2x: Prevent access to a freed page in page_pool (CVE-2024-26859)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

packet: annotate data-races around ignore_outgoing (CVE-2024-26862)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hsr: Fix uninit-value access in hsr_get_node() (CVE-2024-26863)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

quota: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2024-26878)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dm: call the resume method on internal suspend (CVE-2024-26880)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

aoe: fix the potential use-after-free problem in aoecmd_cfg_pkts (CVE-2024-26898)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

do_sys_name_to_handle(): use kzalloc() to fix kernel-infoleak (CVE-2024-26901)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nbd: null check for nla_nest_start (CVE-2024-27025)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

clk: Fix clk_core_get NULL dereference (CVE-2024-27038)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nf_tables: do not compare internal table flags on updates (CVE-2024-27065)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: v4l2-mem2mem: fix a memleak in v4l2_m2m_register_entity (CVE-2024-27077)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

SUNRPC: fix some memleaks in gssx_dec_option_array (CVE-2024-27388)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'yum update kernel' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALASKERNEL-5.4-2024-067.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-52656.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26816.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26859.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26862.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26863.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26878.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26880.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26898.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26901.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-27025.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-27038.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-27065.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-27077.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-27388.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 198259

File Name: al2_ALASKERNEL-5_4-2024-067.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/31/2024

Updated: 8/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-26898

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-headers, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-perf

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/23/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52656, CVE-2024-26816, CVE-2024-26859, CVE-2024-26862, CVE-2024-26863, CVE-2024-26878, CVE-2024-26880, CVE-2024-26898, CVE-2024-26901, CVE-2024-27025, CVE-2024-27038, CVE-2024-27065, CVE-2024-27077, CVE-2024-27388