Amazon Linux 2023 : kernel (ALAS2023-2024-744)

high Nessus Plugin ID 209999

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 6.1.111-120.187. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-744 advisory.

2024-11-13: CVE-2024-46739 was added to this advisory.

2024-11-13: CVE-2024-46855 was added to this advisory.

2024-11-13: CVE-2024-46777 was added to this advisory.

2024-11-13: CVE-2024-46713 was added to this advisory.

2024-11-13: CVE-2024-46745 was added to this advisory.

2024-11-13: CVE-2024-46744 was added to this advisory.

2024-11-13: CVE-2024-46800 was added to this advisory.

2024-11-13: CVE-2024-46783 was added to this advisory.

2024-11-13: CVE-2024-46782 was added to this advisory.

2024-11-13: CVE-2024-46738 was added to this advisory.

2024-11-13: CVE-2024-46750 was added to this advisory.

2024-11-13: CVE-2024-46752 was added to this advisory.

2024-11-13: CVE-2024-46734 was added to this advisory.

2024-11-13: CVE-2024-46743 was added to this advisory.

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

perf/aux: Fix AUX buffer serialization (CVE-2024-46713)

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

btrfs: fix race between direct IO write and fsync when using same fd (CVE-2024-46734)

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

VMCI: Fix use-after-free when removing resource in vmci_resource_remove() (CVE-2024-46738)

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

uio_hv_generic: Fix kernel NULL pointer dereference in hv_uio_rescind (CVE-2024-46739)

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

of/irq: Prevent device address out-of-bounds read in interrupt map walk (CVE-2024-46743)

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

Squashfs: sanity check symbolic link size (CVE-2024-46744)

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

Input: uinput - reject requests with unreasonable number of slots (CVE-2024-46745)

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

PCI: Add missing bridge lock to pci_bus_lock() (CVE-2024-46750)

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

btrfs: replace BUG_ON() with error handling at update_ref_for_cow() (CVE-2024-46752)

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

udf: Avoid excessive partition lengths (CVE-2024-46777)

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

ila: call nf_unregister_net_hooks() sooner (CVE-2024-46782)

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

tcp_bpf: fix return value of tcp_bpf_sendmsg() (CVE-2024-46783)

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

sch/netem: fix use after free in netem_dequeue (CVE-2024-46800)

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

arm64: acpi: Harden get_cpu_for_acpi_id() against missing CPU entry (CVE-2024-46822)

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

sched: sch_cake: fix bulk flow accounting logic for host fairness (CVE-2024-46828)

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

rtmutex: Drop rt_mutex::wait_lock before scheduling (CVE-2024-46829)

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

btrfs: clean up our handling of refs == 0 in snapshot delete (CVE-2024-46840)

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

netfilter: nft_socket: fix sk refcount leaks (CVE-2024-46855)

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

mptcp: pm: Fix uaf in __timer_delete_sync (CVE-2024-46858)

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

fou: fix initialization of grc (CVE-2024-46865)

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: 209999

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2024-744.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/31/2024

Updated: 11/13/2024

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-2024-46800

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:kernel-modules-extra-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-libbpf-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-libbpf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-libbpf-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-livepatch-6.1.111-120.187, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-46713, CVE-2024-46734, CVE-2024-46738, CVE-2024-46739, CVE-2024-46743, CVE-2024-46744, CVE-2024-46745, CVE-2024-46750, CVE-2024-46752, CVE-2024-46777, CVE-2024-46782, CVE-2024-46783, CVE-2024-46800, CVE-2024-46822, CVE-2024-46828, CVE-2024-46829, CVE-2024-46840, CVE-2024-46855, CVE-2024-46858, CVE-2024-46865

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