Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2024-2581)

high Nessus Plugin ID 200916

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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 4.14.348-265.562. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2581 advisory.

An issue was discovered in arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c in the Linux kernel before 6.2.8. nVMX on x86_64 lacks consistency checks for CR0 and CR4. (CVE-2023-30456)

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

net: bridge: use DEV_STATS_INC() (CVE-2023-52578)

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

drm/amdgpu: validate the parameters of bo mapping operations more clearly (CVE-2024-26922)

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

af_unix: Fix garbage collector racing against connect() (CVE-2024-26923)

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

nilfs2: fix OOB in nilfs_set_de_type (CVE-2024-26981)

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

fs: sysfs: Fix reference leak in sysfs_break_active_protection() (CVE-2024-26993)

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

serial: mxs-auart: add spinlock around changing cts state (CVE-2024-27000)

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

tun: limit printing rate when illegal packet received by tun dev (CVE-2024-27013)

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

netfilter: nf_tables: Fix potential data-race in __nft_expr_type_get() (CVE-2024-27020)

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

irqchip/gic-v3-its: Prevent double free on error (CVE-2024-35847)

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

btrfs: fix information leak in btrfs_ioctl_logical_to_ino() (CVE-2024-35849)

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

dyndbg: fix old BUG_ON in >control parser (CVE-2024-35947)

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

kprobes: Fix possible use-after-free issue on kprobe registration (CVE-2024-35955)

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

net/mlx5: Properly link new fs rules into the tree (CVE-2024-35960)

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

rtnetlink: Correct nested IFLA_VF_VLAN_LIST attribute validation (CVE-2024-36017)

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

net: fix out-of-bounds access in ops_init (CVE-2024-36883)

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

tipc: fix UAF in error path (CVE-2024-36886)

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

ipv6: fib6_rules: avoid possible NULL dereference in fib6_rule_action() (CVE-2024-36902)

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

tcp: defer shutdown(SEND_SHUTDOWN) for TCP_SYN_RECV sockets (CVE-2024-36905)

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

pinctrl: core: delete incorrect free in pinctrl_enable() (CVE-2024-36940)

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

tipc: fix a possible memleak in tipc_buf_append (CVE-2024-36954)

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

pinctrl: devicetree: fix refcount leak in pinctrl_dt_to_map() (CVE-2024-36959)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 200916

File Name: al2_ALAS-2024-2581.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 6/24/2024

Updated: 3/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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-2024-36940

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: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, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-livepatch-4.14.348-265.562, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, 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: 6/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/12/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-30456, CVE-2023-52578, CVE-2024-26922, CVE-2024-26923, CVE-2024-26981, CVE-2024-26993, CVE-2024-27000, CVE-2024-27013, CVE-2024-27020, CVE-2024-35847, CVE-2024-35849, CVE-2024-35947, CVE-2024-35955, CVE-2024-35960, CVE-2024-36017, CVE-2024-36883, CVE-2024-36886, CVE-2024-36902, CVE-2024-36905, CVE-2024-36940, CVE-2024-36954, CVE-2024-36959

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