Bottlerocket: kernel-6.1: security update to 2.9.1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 428070

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: VMCI: Fix use-after-free when removing
resource in vmci_resource_remove() When removing a resource from vmci_resource_table in
vmci_resource_remove(), the search is performed using the resource handle by comparing context and
resource fields. It is possible though to create two resources with different types but same handle (same
context and resource fields). When trying to remove one of the resources, vmci_resource_remove() may not
remove the intended one, but the object will still be freed as in the case of the datagram type in
vmci_datagram_destroy_handle(). vmci_resource_table will still hold a pointer to this freed resource
leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in vmci_handle_is_equal
include/linux/vmw_vmci_defs.h:142 [inline] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in vmci_resource_remove+0x3a1/0x410
drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_resource.c:147 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88801c16d800 by task syz-
executor197/1592 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x82/0xa9
lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x21/0x366 mm/kasan/report.c:239
__kasan_report.cold+0x7f/0x132 mm/kasan/report.c:425 kasan_report+0x38/0x51 mm/kasan/report.c:442
vmci_handle_is_equal include/linux/vmw_vmci_defs.h:142 [inline] vmci_resource_remove+0x3a1/0x410
drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_resource.c:147 vmci_qp_broker_detach+0x89a/0x11b9
drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:2182 ctx_free_ctx+0x473/0xbe1
drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_context.c:444 kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline] vmci_ctx_put
drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_context.c:497 [inline] vmci_ctx_destroy+0x170/0x1d6
drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_context.c:195 vmci_host_close+0x125/0x1ac drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:143
__fput+0x261/0xa34 fs/file_table.c:282 task_work_run+0xf0/0x194 kernel/task_work.c:164
tracehook_notify_resume include/linux/tracehook.h:189 [inline] exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x184/0x189
kernel/entry/common.c:187 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x11b/0x123 kernel/entry/common.c:220
__syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:302 [inline] syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x18/0x42
kernel/entry/common.c:313 do_syscall_64+0x41/0x85 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x0 This change ensures the type is also checked when removing the
resource from vmci_resource_table in vmci_resource_remove(). (CVE-2024-46738)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 428070

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: Bottlerocket Local Security Checks

Published: 6/30/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

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-2024-46738

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/18/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-46738

Detections

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