Bottlerocket: kernel-5.15, kernel-6.1: security update to 2.3.0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 427936

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: fully validate
NFT_DATA_VALUE on store to data registers register store validation for NFT_DATA_VALUE is conditional,
however, the datatype is always either NFT_DATA_VALUE or NFT_DATA_VERDICT. This only requires a new helper
function to infer the register type from the set datatype so this conditional check can be removed.
Otherwise, pointer to chain object can be leaked through the registers. (CVE-2024-42070)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 427936

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: Bottlerocket Local Security Checks

Published: 6/30/2025

Updated: 5/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.67

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-42070

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-42070

Detections

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