Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2023-132)

high Nessus Plugin ID 173140

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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 ALAS2023-2023-132 advisory.

It has been discovered that on some AMD CPUs, the RAS (Return Address Stack, also called RAP - Return Address Predictor - in some AMD documentation, and RSB - Return Stack Buffer - in Intel terminology) is dynamically partitioned between non-idle threads. This allows an attacker to control speculative execution on the adjacent thread. (CVE-2022-27672)

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:

mm/uffd: fix pte marker when fork() without fork event (CVE-2022-49744)

The upstream bug report describes this issue as follows:

A flaw found in the Linux Kernel in RDS (Reliable Datagram Sockets) protocol. The rds_rm_zerocopy_callback() uses list_entry() on the head of a list causing a type confusion. Local user can trigger this with rds_message_put(). Type confusion leads to `struct rds_msg_zcopy_info *info` actually points to something else that is potentially controlled by local user. It is known how to trigger this, which causes an OOB access, and a lock corruption. (CVE-2023-1078)

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)

brcm_nvram_parse in drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram.c lacks check of the return value of kzalloc() and will cause the NULL Pointer Dereference (CVE-2023-3359)

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:

Fix page corruption caused by racy check in __free_pages (CVE-2023-52739)

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

cifs: Fix use-after-free in rdata->read_into_pages() (CVE-2023-52741)

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

xfrm/compat: prevent potential spectre v1 gadget in xfrm_xlate32_attr() (CVE-2023-52746)

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:

drm/i915: Avoid potential vm use-after-free (CVE-2023-52931)

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:

mm/MADV_COLLAPSE: catch !none !huge !bad pmd lookups (CVE-2023-52934)

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

mm/khugepaged: fix ->anon_vma race (CVE-2023-52935)

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:

HV: hv_balloon: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() (CVE-2023-52937)

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

mm: memcg: fix NULL pointer in mem_cgroup_track_foreign_dirty_slowpath() (CVE-2023-52939)

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

mm: multi-gen LRU: fix crash during cgroup migration (CVE-2023-52940)

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

cgroup/cpuset: Fix wrong check in update_parent_subparts_cpumask() (CVE-2023-52942)

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:

drm/i915: Fix request ref counting during error capture & debugfs dump (CVE-2023-52981)

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

fscache: Use wait_on_bit() to wait for the freeing of relinquished volume (CVE-2023-52982)

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)

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=2023.0.20230315' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 173140

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2023-132.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 3/21/2023

Updated: 6/9/2025

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-52930

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:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-livepatch-6.1.12-17.42, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-perf, 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: 3/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-27672, CVE-2022-49743, CVE-2022-49744, CVE-2023-1078, CVE-2023-3161, CVE-2023-3359, CVE-2023-3567, CVE-2023-52739, CVE-2023-52741, CVE-2023-52746, CVE-2023-52928, CVE-2023-52930, CVE-2023-52931, CVE-2023-52932, CVE-2023-52933, CVE-2023-52934, CVE-2023-52935, CVE-2023-52936, CVE-2023-52937, CVE-2023-52939, CVE-2023-52940, CVE-2023-52942, CVE-2023-52973, CVE-2023-52976, CVE-2023-52977, CVE-2023-52979, CVE-2023-52981, CVE-2023-52982, CVE-2023-52983, CVE-2023-52986

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