Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2025-836)

high Nessus Plugin ID 215037

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Synopsis

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

Description

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-836 advisory.

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

net: sched: sch_multiq: fix possible OOB write in multiq_tune() (CVE-2024-36978)

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

usb-storage: alauda: Check whether the media is initialized (CVE-2024-38619)

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

btrfs: zoned: fix use-after-free due to race with dev replace (CVE-2024-39496)

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

netfilter: ipset: Fix race between namespace cleanup and gc in the list:set type (CVE-2024-39503)

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

cachefiles: remove requests from xarray during flushing requests (CVE-2024-40900)

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

scsi: mpt3sas: Avoid test/set_bit() operating in non-allocated memory (CVE-2024-40901)

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

net: bridge: mst: pass vlan group directly to br_mst_vlan_set_state (CVE-2024-40921)

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

drm/i915/dpt: Make DPT object unshrinkable (CVE-2024-40924)

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

cachefiles: flush all requests after setting CACHEFILES_DEAD (CVE-2024-40935)

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

net: do not leave a dangling sk pointer, when socket creation fails (CVE-2024-40954)

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

seg6: fix parameter passing when calling NF_HOOK() in End.DX4 and End.DX6 behaviors (CVE-2024-40957)

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

netns: Make get_net_ns() handle zero refcount net (CVE-2024-40958)

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

ipv6: prevent possible NULL dereference in rt6_probe() (CVE-2024-40960)

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

ipv6: prevent possible NULL deref in fib6_nh_init() (CVE-2024-40961)

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

tty: add the option to have a tty reject a new ldisc (CVE-2024-40966)

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

ACPICA: Revert ACPICA: avoid Info: mapping multiple BARs. Your kernel is fine. (CVE-2024-40984)

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

KVM: arm64: Disassociate vcpus from redistributor region on teardown (CVE-2024-40989)

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

bpf: Avoid splat in pskb_pull_reason (CVE-2024-40996)

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

block/ioctl: prefer different overflow check (CVE-2024-41000)

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 'dnf update kernel --releasever 2023.6.20250203' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 215037

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2025-836.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 2/5/2025

Updated: 4/10/2025

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-2024-41000

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-livepatch-6.1.96-102.177, 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-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: 1/30/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-36978, CVE-2024-38619, CVE-2024-39496, CVE-2024-39503, CVE-2024-40900, CVE-2024-40901, CVE-2024-40921, CVE-2024-40924, CVE-2024-40935, CVE-2024-40954, CVE-2024-40957, CVE-2024-40958, CVE-2024-40960, CVE-2024-40961, CVE-2024-40966, CVE-2024-40984, CVE-2024-40989, CVE-2024-40996, CVE-2024-41000

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