In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fix UaF in netns ops registration error path If net_assign_generic() fails, the current error path in ops_init() tries to clear the gen pointer slot. Anyway, in such error path, the gen pointer itself has not been modified yet, and the existing and accessed one is smaller than the accessed index, causing an out-of-bounds error: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ops_init+0x2de/0x320 Write of size 8 at addr ffff888109124978 by task modprobe/1018 CPU: 2 PID: 1018 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.2.0-rc2.mptcp_ae5ac65fbed5+ #1641 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.1-2.fc37 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x6a/0x9f print_address_description.constprop.0+0x86/0x2b5 print_report+0x11b/0x1fb kasan_report+0x87/0xc0 ops_init+0x2de/0x320 register_pernet_operations+0x2e4/0x750 register_pernet_subsys+0x24/0x40 tcf_register_action+0x9f/0x560 do_one_initcall+0xf9/0x570 do_init_module+0x190/0x650 load_module+0x1fa5/0x23c0 __do_sys_finit_module+0x10d/0x1b0 do_syscall_64+0x58/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc RIP: 0033:0x7f42518f778d Code: 00 c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d cb 56 2c 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007fff96869688 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000139 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00005568ef7f7c90 RCX: 00007f42518f778d RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00005568ef41d796 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 00005568ef41d796 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000003 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00005568ef7f7d30 R14: 0000000000040000 R15: 0000000000000000 </TASK> This change addresses the issue by skipping the gen pointer de-reference in the mentioned error-path. Found by code inspection and verified with explicit error injection on a kasan-enabled kernel.

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.10.167-147.601. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2025-089 advisory.

    A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP). A missing lock when clearing     sk_user_data can lead to a race condition and NULL pointer dereference. A local user could use this flaw     to potentially crash the system causing a denial of service. (CVE-2022-4129)

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

    perf/x86/amd: fix potential integer overflow on shift of a int (CVE-2022-49748)

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

    i2c: designware: use casting of u64 in clock multiplication to avoid overflow (CVE-2022-49749)

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

    dmaengine: Fix double increment of client_count in dma_chan_get() (CVE-2022-49753)

    A memory corruption flaw was found in the Linux kernel's human interface device (HID) subsystem in how a     user inserts a malicious USB device. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their     privileges on the system. (CVE-2023-1073)

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

    net: fix NULL pointer in skb_segment_list (CVE-2023-52991)

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

    bpf: Skip task with pid=1 in send_signal_common() (CVE-2023-52992)

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

    x86/i8259: Mark legacy PIC interrupts with IRQ_LEVEL (CVE-2023-52993)

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

    ipv4: prevent potential spectre v1 gadget in fib_metrics_match() (CVE-2023-52996)

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

    ipv4: prevent potential spectre v1 gadget in ip_metrics_convert() (CVE-2023-52997)

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

    net: fix UaF in netns ops registration error path (CVE-2023-52999)

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

    netlink: prevent potential spectre v1 gadgets (CVE-2023-53000)

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

    cifs: Fix oops due to uncleared server->smbd_conn in reconnect (CVE-2023-53006)

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

    tracing: Make sure trace_printk() can output as soon as it can be used (CVE-2023-53007)

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

    HID: betop: check shape of output reports (CVE-2023-53015)

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

    net: mdio: validate parameter addr in mdiobus_get_phy() (CVE-2023-53019)

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

    l2tp: close all race conditions in l2tp_tunnel_register() (CVE-2023-53020)

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

    net/sched: sch_taprio: fix possible use-after-free (CVE-2023-53021)

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

    bpf: Fix pointer-leak due to insufficient speculative store bypass mitigation (CVE-2023-53024)

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

    RDMA/core: Fix ib block iterator counter overflow (CVE-2023-53026)

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.

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.15.93-55.139. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2024-037 advisory.

    A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP). A missing lock when clearing     sk_user_data can lead to a race condition and NULL pointer dereference. A local user could use this flaw     to potentially crash the system causing a denial of service. (CVE-2022-4129)

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

    cpufreq: governor: Use kobject release() method to free dbs_data (CVE-2022-49513)

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

    ovl: Use buf flexible array for memcpy() destination (CVE-2022-49743)

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

    perf/x86/amd: fix potential integer overflow on shift of a int (CVE-2022-49748)

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

    device property: fix of node refcount leak in fwnode_graph_get_next_endpoint() (CVE-2022-49752)

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

    dmaengine: Fix double increment of client_count in dma_chan_get() (CVE-2022-49753)

    A flaw was found in the Linux kernel, where unauthorized access to the execution of the setuid file with     capabilities was found in the Linux kernel's OverlayFS subsystem in how a user copies a capable file from     a nosuid mount into another mount. This uid mapping bug allows a local user to escalate their privileges     on the system. (CVE-2023-0386)

    A memory corruption flaw was found in the Linux kernel's human interface device (HID) subsystem in how a     user inserts a malicious USB device. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their     privileges on the system. (CVE-2023-1073)

    A use-after-free flaw was found in nfsd4_ssc_setup_dul in fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c in the NFS filesystem in the     Linux Kernel. This issue could allow a local attacker to crash the system or it may lead to a kernel     information leak problem. (CVE-2023-1652)

    In the Linux kernel 6.0.8, there is a use-after-free in inode_cgwb_move_to_attached in fs/fs-writeback.c,     related to __list_del_entry_valid. (CVE-2023-26605)

    A flaw was found in the Framebuffer Console (fbcon) in the Linux Kernel. When providing a font->width and     font->height greater than 32 to the fbcon_set_font, since there are no checks in place, a shift-out-of-     bounds occurs, leading to undefined behavior and possible denial of service. (CVE-2023-3161)

    A use-after-free flaw was found in vcs_read in drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c in vc_screen in the Linux     Kernel. In this flaw an attacker with local user access may lead to a system crash or a leak of internal     kernel information. (CVE-2023-3567)

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

    bpf: Skip invalid kfunc call in backtrack_insn (CVE-2023-52928)

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

    drm/i915: Fix potential bit_17 double-free (CVE-2023-52930)

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

    mm/swapfile: add cond_resched() in get_swap_pages() (CVE-2023-52932)

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

    Squashfs: fix handling and sanity checking of xattr_ids count (CVE-2023-52933)

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

    kernel/irq/irqdomain.c: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() (CVE-2023-52936)

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

    vc_screen: move load of struct vc_data pointer in vcs_read() to avoid UAF (CVE-2023-52973)

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

    efi: fix potential NULL deref in efi_mem_reserve_persistent (CVE-2023-52976)

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

    net: openvswitch: fix flow memory leak in ovs_flow_cmd_new (CVE-2023-52977)

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

    squashfs: harden sanity check in squashfs_read_xattr_id_table (CVE-2023-52979)

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

    block, bfq: fix uaf for bfqq in bic_set_bfqq() (CVE-2023-52983)

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

    bpf, sockmap: Check for any of tcp_bpf_prots when cloning a listener (CVE-2023-52986)

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

    net: fix NULL pointer in skb_segment_list (CVE-2023-52991)

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

    bpf: Skip task with pid=1 in send_signal_common() (CVE-2023-52992)

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

    x86/i8259: Mark legacy PIC interrupts with IRQ_LEVEL (CVE-2023-52993)

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

    ipv4: prevent potential spectre v1 gadget in fib_metrics_match() (CVE-2023-52996)

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

    ipv4: prevent potential spectre v1 gadget in ip_metrics_convert() (CVE-2023-52997)

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

    net: fix UaF in netns ops registration error path (CVE-2023-52999)

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

    netlink: prevent potential spectre v1 gadgets (CVE-2023-53000)

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

    cifs: Fix oops due to uncleared server->smbd_conn in reconnect (CVE-2023-53006)

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

    tracing: Make sure trace_printk() can output as soon as it can be used (CVE-2023-53007)

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

    net: mdio: validate parameter addr in mdiobus_get_phy() (CVE-2023-53019)

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

    net/sched: sch_taprio: fix possible use-after-free (CVE-2023-53021)

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

    bpf: Fix pointer-leak due to insufficient speculative store bypass mitigation (CVE-2023-53024)

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

    NFSD: fix use-after-free in nfsd4_ssc_setup_dul() (CVE-2023-53025)

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

    RDMA/core: Fix ib block iterator counter overflow (CVE-2023-53026)

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.

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.4.231-137.341. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2023-042 advisory.

    A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP). A missing lock when clearing     sk_user_data can lead to a race condition and NULL pointer dereference. A local user could use this flaw     to potentially crash the system causing a denial of service. (CVE-2022-4129)

    In the Linux kernel before 6.1.6, a NULL pointer dereference bug in the traffic control subsystem allows     an unprivileged user to trigger a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted traffic control     configuration that is set up with tc qdisc and tc class commands. This affects qdisc_graft in     net/sched/sch_api.c. (CVE-2022-47929)

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

    udf: Fix preallocation discarding at indirect extent boundary (CVE-2022-48946)

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

    igb: Initialize mailbox message for VF reset (CVE-2022-48949)

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

    perf/x86/amd: fix potential integer overflow on shift of a int (CVE-2022-49748)

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

    dmaengine: Fix double increment of client_count in dma_chan_get() (CVE-2022-49753)

    The Linux kernel does not correctly mitigate SMT attacks, as discovered through a strange pattern in the     kernel API using STIBP as a mitigation, leaving the process exposed for a short period of time after a     syscall. The kernel also does not issue an IBPB immediately during the syscall. (CVE-2023-0045)

    A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in rawv6_push_pending_frames in net/ipv6/raw.c in the network     subcomponent in the Linux kernel. This flaw causes the system to crash. (CVE-2023-0394)

    Detected a few exploitable gadgets that could leak secret memory through a side-channel such as MDS as     well as insufficient hardening of the usercopy functions against spectre-v1. (CVE-2023-0459)

    There is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel which can be exploited to achieve local     privilege escalation. To reach the vulnerability kernel configuration flag CONFIG_TLS or     CONFIG_XFRM_ESPINTCP has to be configured, but the operation does not require any privilege.

    There is a use-after-free bug of icsk_ulp_data of a struct inet_connection_sock.

    When CONFIG_TLS is enabled, user can install a tls context (struct tls_context) on a connected tcp socket.
    The context is not cleared if this socket is disconnected and reused as a listener. If a new socket is     created from the listener, the context is inherited and vulnerable.

    The setsockopt TCP_ULP operation does not require any privilege.

    We recommend upgrading past commit 2c02d41d71f90a5168391b6a5f2954112ba2307c (CVE-2023-0461)

    A memory corruption flaw was found in the Linux kernel's human interface device (HID) subsystem in how a     user inserts a malicious USB device. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their     privileges on the system. (CVE-2023-1073)

    cbq_classify in net/sched/sch_cbq.c in the Linux kernel through 6.1.4 allows attackers to cause a denial     of service (slab-out-of-bounds read) because of type confusion (non-negative numbers can sometimes     indicate a TC_ACT_SHOT condition rather than valid classification results). (CVE-2023-23454)

    atm_tc_enqueue in net/sched/sch_atm.c in the Linux kernel through 6.1.4 allows attackers to cause a denial     of service because of type confusion (non-negative numbers can sometimes indicate a TC_ACT_SHOT condition     rather than valid classification results). (CVE-2023-23455)

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

    net/sched: act_mpls: Fix warning during failed attribute validation (CVE-2023-52906)

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

    bpf: Skip task with pid=1 in send_signal_common() (CVE-2023-52992)

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

    x86/i8259: Mark legacy PIC interrupts with IRQ_LEVEL (CVE-2023-52993)

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

    ipv4: prevent potential spectre v1 gadget in fib_metrics_match() (CVE-2023-52996)

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

    ipv4: prevent potential spectre v1 gadget in ip_metrics_convert() (CVE-2023-52997)

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

    net: fix UaF in netns ops registration error path (CVE-2023-52999)

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

    netlink: prevent potential spectre v1 gadgets (CVE-2023-53000)

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

    cifs: Fix oops due to uncleared server->smbd_conn in reconnect (CVE-2023-53006)

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

    tracing: Make sure trace_printk() can output as soon as it can be used (CVE-2023-53007)

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

    HID: betop: check shape of output reports (CVE-2023-53015)

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

    net: mdio: validate parameter addr in mdiobus_get_phy() (CVE-2023-53019)

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

    net/sched: sch_taprio: fix possible use-after-free (CVE-2023-53021)

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

    bpf: Fix pointer-leak due to insufficient speculative store bypass mitigation (CVE-2023-53024)

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

    RDMA/core: Fix ib block iterator counter overflow (CVE-2023-53026)

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

    netfilter: ipset: Fix overflow before widen in the bitmap_ip_create() function. (CVE-2023-53032)

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
234965	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.10-2025-089)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
190056	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2024-037)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
171848	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.4-2023-042)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high

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