Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2025-864)

high Nessus Plugin ID 232713

Synopsis

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

Description

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-864 advisory.

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

netfilter: nf_tables: prefer nft_chain_validate (CVE-2024-41042)

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

scsi: mpi3mr: Sanitise num_phys (CVE-2024-42159)

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

mm: huge_memory: use !CONFIG_64BIT to relax huge page alignment on 32 bit machines (CVE-2024-42258)

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

drm/i915/gem: Fix Virtual Memory mapping boundaries calculation (CVE-2024-42259)

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

net/mlx5: Fix missing lock on sync reset reload (CVE-2024-42268)

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

RDMA/iwcm: Fix a use-after-free related to destroying CM IDs (CVE-2024-42285)

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

PCI/DPC: Fix use-after-free on concurrent DPC and hot-removal (CVE-2024-42302)

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

PCI: keystone: Fix NULL pointer dereference in case of DT error in ks_pcie_setup_rc_app_regs() (CVE-2024-43823)

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

perf: Fix event leak upon exec and file release (CVE-2024-43869)

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

perf: Fix event leak upon exit (CVE-2024-43870)

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

devres: Fix memory leakage caused by driver API devm_free_percpu() (CVE-2024-43871)

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

vhost/vsock: always initialize seqpacket_allow (CVE-2024-43873)

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

exec: Fix ToCToU between perm check and set-uid/gid usage (CVE-2024-43882)

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

net: bridge: mcast: wait for previous gc cycles when removing port (CVE-2024-44934)

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

netfilter: ctnetlink: use helper function to calculate expect ID (CVE-2024-44944)

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

netfilter: nf_set_pipapo: fix initial map fill (CVE-2024-57947)

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.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2025-864.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-41042.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-42159.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-42258.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-42259.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-42268.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-42285.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-42302.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-43823.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-43869.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-43870.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-43871.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-43873.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-43882.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-44934.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-44944.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-57947.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 232713

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2025-864.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/14/2025

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: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-44934

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/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-livepatch-6.1.106-116.188, 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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-41042, CVE-2024-42159, CVE-2024-42258, CVE-2024-42259, CVE-2024-42268, CVE-2024-42285, CVE-2024-42302, CVE-2024-43823, CVE-2024-43869, CVE-2024-43870, CVE-2024-43871, CVE-2024-43873, CVE-2024-43882, CVE-2024-44934, CVE-2024-44944, CVE-2024-57947