Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2024-056)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 210067

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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 5.15.168-114.166. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2024-056 advisory.

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

inet: inet_defrag: prevent sk release while still in use (CVE-2024-26921)

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

netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: walk over current view on netlink dump (CVE-2024-27017)

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

vfio/pci: fix potential memory leak in vfio_intx_enable() (CVE-2024-38632)

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

selinux,smack: don't bypass permissions check in inode_setsecctx hook (CVE-2024-46695)

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)

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

mm: avoid leaving partial pfn mappings around in error case (CVE-2024-47674)

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

vfs: fix race between evice_inodes() and find_inode()&iput() (CVE-2024-47679)

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

tcp: check skb is non-NULL in tcp_rto_delta_us() (CVE-2024-47684)

syzbot reported that nf_reject_ip6_tcphdr_put() was possibly sending garbage on the four reserved tcp bits (th->res1)

Use skb_put_zero() to clear the whole TCP header, as done in nf_reject_ip_tcphdr_put() (CVE-2024-47685)

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

nfsd: return -EINVAL when namelen is 0 (CVE-2024-47692)

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

IB/core: Fix ib_cache_setup_one error flow cleanup (CVE-2024-47693)

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

RDMA/iwcm: Fix WARNING:at_kernel/workqueue.c:#check_flush_dependency (CVE-2024-47696)

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

ext4: avoid OOB when system.data xattr changes underneath the filesystem (CVE-2024-47701)

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

block: fix potential invalid pointer dereference in blk_add_partition (CVE-2024-47705)

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

block, bfq: fix possible UAF for bfqq->bic with merge chain (CVE-2024-47706)

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

can: bcm: Clear bo->bcm_proc_read after remove_proc_entry(). (CVE-2024-47709)

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

sock_map: Add a cond_resched() in sock_hash_free() (CVE-2024-47710)

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

bonding: Fix unnecessary warnings and logs from bond_xdp_get_xmit_slave() (CVE-2024-47734)

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

nfsd: call cache_put if xdr_reserve_space returns NULL (CVE-2024-47737)

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

padata: use integer wrap around to prevent deadlock on seq_nr overflow (CVE-2024-47739)

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

firmware_loader: Block path traversal (CVE-2024-47742)

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

tpm: Clean up TPM space after command failure (CVE-2024-49851)

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

efistub/tpm: Use ACPI reclaim memory for event log to avoid corruption (CVE-2024-49858)

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

ACPI: sysfs: validate return type of _STR method (CVE-2024-49860)

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

btrfs: wait for fixup workers before stopping cleaner kthread during umount (CVE-2024-49867)

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

btrfs: fix a NULL pointer dereference when failed to start a new trasacntion (CVE-2024-49868)

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

nfsd: map the EBADMSG to nfserr_io to avoid warning (CVE-2024-49875)

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

resource: fix region_intersects() vs add_memory_driver_managed() (CVE-2024-49878)

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

ext4: update orig_path in ext4_find_extent() (CVE-2024-49881)

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

ext4: fix double brelse() the buffer of the extents path (CVE-2024-49882)

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

ext4: aovid use-after-free in ext4_ext_insert_extent() (CVE-2024-49883)

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

ext4: fix slab-use-after-free in ext4_split_extent_at() (CVE-2024-49884)

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

ext4: avoid use-after-free in ext4_ext_show_leaf() (CVE-2024-49889)

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

x86/ioapic: Handle allocation failures gracefully (CVE-2024-49927)

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

blk_iocost: fix more out of bound shifts (CVE-2024-49933)

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

ACPI: PAD: fix crash in exit_round_robin() (CVE-2024-49935)

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

net/xen-netback: prevent UAF in xenvif_flush_hash() (CVE-2024-49936)

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

sctp: set sk_state back to CLOSED if autobind fails in sctp_listen_start (CVE-2024-49944)

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

net: add more sanity checks to qdisc_pkt_len_init() (CVE-2024-49948)

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

net: avoid potential underflow in qdisc_pkt_len_init() with UFO (CVE-2024-49949)

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

netfilter: nf_tables: prevent nf_skb_duplicated corruption (CVE-2024-49952)

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

static_call: Replace pointless WARN_ON() in static_call_module_notify() (CVE-2024-49954)

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

ACPI: battery: Fix possible crash when unregistering a battery hook (CVE-2024-49955)

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

ocfs2: fix null-ptr-deref when journal load failed. (CVE-2024-49957)

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

jbd2: stop waiting for space when jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail() returns error (CVE-2024-49959)

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

uprobes: fix kernel info leak via [uprobes] vma (CVE-2024-49975)

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

ext4: drop ppath from ext4_ext_replay_update_ex() to avoid double-free (CVE-2024-49983)

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

net/mlx5e: Fix NULL deref in mlx5e_tir_builder_alloc() (CVE-2024-50000)

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

net/mlx5: Fix error path in multi-packet WQE transmit (CVE-2024-50001)

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

static_call: Handle module init failure correctly in static_call_del_module() (CVE-2024-50002)

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

ext4: fix i_data_sem unlock order in ext4_ind_migrate() (CVE-2024-50006)

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

exfat: fix memory leak in exfat_load_bitmap() (CVE-2024-50013)

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

ext4: dax: fix overflowing extents beyond inode size when partially writing (CVE-2024-50015)

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

kthread: unpark only parked kthread (CVE-2024-50019)

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

net: Fix an unsafe loop on the list (CVE-2024-50024)

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

netfilter: xtables: avoid NFPROTO_UNSPEC where needed (CVE-2024-50038)

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

net/sched: accept TCA_STAB only for root qdisc (CVE-2024-50039)

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

igb: Do not bring the device up after non-fatal error (CVE-2024-50040)

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

netfilter: br_netfilter: fix panic with metadata_dst skb (CVE-2024-50045)

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

NFSv4: Prevent NULL-pointer dereference in nfs42_complete_copies() (CVE-2024-50046)

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

RDMA/mad: Improve handling of timed out WRs of mad agent (CVE-2024-50095)

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

ceph: remove the incorrect Fw reference check when dirtying pages (CVE-2024-50179)

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

net: explicitly clear the sk pointer, when pf->create fails (CVE-2024-50186)

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

ext4: don't set SB_RDONLY after filesystem errors (CVE-2024-50191)

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: Critical

ID: 210067

File Name: al2_ALASKERNEL-5_15-2024-056.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 11/1/2024

Updated: 3/19/2025

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: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-47685

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-livepatch-5.15.168-114.166, 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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-26921, CVE-2024-27017, CVE-2024-38632, CVE-2024-46695, CVE-2024-46855, CVE-2024-46858, CVE-2024-46865, CVE-2024-47674, CVE-2024-47679, CVE-2024-47684, CVE-2024-47685, CVE-2024-47692, CVE-2024-47693, CVE-2024-47696, CVE-2024-47701, CVE-2024-47705, CVE-2024-47706, CVE-2024-47709, CVE-2024-47710, CVE-2024-47734, CVE-2024-47737, CVE-2024-47739, CVE-2024-47742, CVE-2024-49851, CVE-2024-49858, CVE-2024-49860, CVE-2024-49867, CVE-2024-49868, CVE-2024-49875, CVE-2024-49878, CVE-2024-49881, CVE-2024-49882, CVE-2024-49883, CVE-2024-49884, CVE-2024-49889, CVE-2024-49927, CVE-2024-49933, CVE-2024-49935, CVE-2024-49936, CVE-2024-49944, CVE-2024-49948, CVE-2024-49949, CVE-2024-49952, CVE-2024-49954, CVE-2024-49955, CVE-2024-49957, CVE-2024-49959, CVE-2024-49975, CVE-2024-49983, CVE-2024-50000, CVE-2024-50001, CVE-2024-50002, CVE-2024-50006, CVE-2024-50013, CVE-2024-50015, CVE-2024-50019, CVE-2024-50024, CVE-2024-50038, CVE-2024-50039, CVE-2024-50040, CVE-2024-50045, CVE-2024-50046, CVE-2024-50095, CVE-2024-50179, CVE-2024-50186, CVE-2024-50191

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