Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.4-2024-079)

high Nessus Plugin ID 205727

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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 5.4.274-187.369. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2024-079 advisory.

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

vt: fix memory overlapping when deleting chars in the buffer (CVE-2022-48627)

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

netfilter: nf_tables: disallow timeout for anonymous sets (CVE-2023-52620)

create_empty_lvol in drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c in the Linux kernel through 6.7.4 can attempt to allocate zero bytes, and crash, because of a missing check for ubi->leb_size. (CVE-2024-25739)

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

netfilter: nf_tables: disallow anonymous set with timeout flag (CVE-2024-26642)

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

netfilter: nf_tables: mark set as dead when unbinding anonymous set with timeout (CVE-2024-26643)

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

xen/events: close evtchn after mapping cleanup (CVE-2024-26687)

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

vfio/pci: Lock external INTx masking ops (CVE-2024-26810)

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

vfio/pci: Create persistent INTx handler (CVE-2024-26812)

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

vfio/platform: Create persistent IRQ handlers (CVE-2024-26813)

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

netfilter: nf_tables: release mutex after nft_gc_seq_end from abort path

The commit mutex should not be released during the critical sectionbetween nft_gc_seq_begin() and nft_gc_seq_end(), otherwise, async GCworker could collect expired objects and get the released commit lockwithin the same GC sequence.

nf_tables_module_autoload() temporarily releases the mutex to loadmodule dependencies, then it goes back to replay the transaction again.Move it at the end of the abort phase after nft_gc_seq_end() is called.
(CVE-2024-26925)

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

scsi: qla2xxx: Fix command flush on cable pull (CVE-2024-26931)

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

USB: core: Fix deadlock in usb_deauthorize_interface() (CVE-2024-26934)

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

scsi: core: Fix unremoved procfs host directory regression (CVE-2024-26935)

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

nilfs2: prevent kernel bug at submit_bh_wbc() (CVE-2024-26955)

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

nilfs2: fix failure to detect DAT corruption in btree and direct mappings (CVE-2024-26956)

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

fat: fix uninitialized field in nostale filehandles (CVE-2024-26973)

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

KVM: Always flush async #PF workqueue when vCPU is being destroyed (CVE-2024-26976)

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

USB: usb-storage: Prevent divide-by-0 error in isd200_ata_command (CVE-2024-27059)

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

vfio/pci: Disable auto-enable of exclusive INTx IRQ (CVE-2024-27437)

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

dm snapshot: fix lockup in dm_exception_table_exit (CVE-2024-35805)

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

PCI/PM: Drain runtime-idle callbacks before driver removal (CVE-2024-35809)

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

mmc: core: Avoid negative index with array access (CVE-2024-35813)

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

fs/aio: Check IOCB_AIO_RW before the struct aio_kiocb conversion (CVE-2024-35815)

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

vt: fix unicode buffer corruption when deleting characters (CVE-2024-35823)

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

erspan: make sure erspan_base_hdr is present in skb->head (CVE-2024-35888)

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

netfilter: nf_tables: discard table flag update with pending basechain deletion (CVE-2024-35897)

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

tcp: properly terminate timers for kernel sockets (CVE-2024-35910)

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

block: prevent division by zero in blk_rq_stat_sum() (CVE-2024-35925)

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

scsi: lpfc: Fix possible memory leak in lpfc_rcv_padisc() (CVE-2024-35930)

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

VMCI: Fix memcpy() run-time warning in dg_dispatch_as_host() (CVE-2024-35944)

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

i40e: fix vf may be used uninitialized in this function warning (CVE-2024-36020)

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: 205727

File Name: al2_ALASKERNEL-5_4-2024-079.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/17/2024

Updated: 4/10/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

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-2024-26934

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: 8/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48627, CVE-2023-52620, CVE-2024-25739, CVE-2024-26642, CVE-2024-26643, CVE-2024-26687, CVE-2024-26810, CVE-2024-26812, CVE-2024-26813, CVE-2024-26925, CVE-2024-26931, CVE-2024-26934, CVE-2024-26935, CVE-2024-26955, CVE-2024-26956, CVE-2024-26973, CVE-2024-26976, CVE-2024-27059, CVE-2024-27437, CVE-2024-35805, CVE-2024-35809, CVE-2024-35813, CVE-2024-35815, CVE-2024-35823, CVE-2024-35888, CVE-2024-35897, CVE-2024-35910, CVE-2024-35925, CVE-2024-35930, CVE-2024-35944, CVE-2024-36020

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