Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2023-169)

high Nessus Plugin ID 175085

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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 ALAS2023-2023-169 advisory.

An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel's XFS file system in how a user restores an XFS image after failure (with a dirty log journal). This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2023-2124)

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

skbuff: Fix a race between coalescing and releasing SKBs (CVE-2023-53186)

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

net: openvswitch: fix race on port output (CVE-2023-53188)

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

raw: Fix NULL deref in raw_get_next(). (CVE-2023-53198)

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

nfsd: call op_release, even when op_func returns an error (CVE-2023-53241)

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

Drivers: vmbus: Check for channel allocation before looking up relids (CVE-2023-53273)

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

sctp: check send stream number after wait_for_sndbuf (CVE-2023-53296)

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

sctp: fix a potential overflow in sctp_ifwdtsn_skip (CVE-2023-53372)

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

tracing: Free error logs of tracing instances (CVE-2023-53375)

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

cgroup,freezer: hold cpu_hotplug_lock before freezer_mutex (CVE-2023-53522)

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

RDMA/cma: Allow UD qp_type to join multicast only (CVE-2023-53525)

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

mm/swap: fix swap_info_struct race between swapoff and get_swap_pages() (CVE-2023-53623)

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

bpf, arm64: Fixed a BTI error on returning to patched function (CVE-2023-53634)

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

NFSD: Avoid calling OPDESC() with ops->opnum == OP_ILLEGAL (CVE-2023-53680)

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

netlink: annotate lockless accesses to nlk->max_recvmsg_len (CVE-2023-53824)

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

ping: Fix potentail NULL deref for /proc/net/icmp. (CVE-2023-53987)

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

RDMA/core: Fix GID entry ref leak when create_ah fails (CVE-2023-54003)

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

io_uring: fix memory leak when removing provided buffers (CVE-2023-54041)

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

fs: drop peer group ids under namespace lock (CVE-2023-54128)

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

mptcp: stricter state check in mptcp_worker (CVE-2023-54176)

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

drm/i915: fix race condition UAF in i915_perf_add_config_ioctl (CVE-2023-54202)

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

ipv6: Fix an uninit variable access bug in __ip6_make_skb() (CVE-2023-54265)

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 2023.0.20230503' or or 'dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2023-169 --releasever 2023.0.20230503' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 175085

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2023-169.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/3/2023

Updated: 2/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, 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-2023-53680

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:perf-debuginfo, 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-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-livepatch-6.1.25-37.47, 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: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/27/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/27/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-2124, CVE-2023-53186, CVE-2023-53188, CVE-2023-53198, CVE-2023-53241, CVE-2023-53273, CVE-2023-53296, CVE-2023-53372, CVE-2023-53375, CVE-2023-53522, CVE-2023-53525, CVE-2023-53623, CVE-2023-53634, CVE-2023-53680, CVE-2023-53824, CVE-2023-53987, CVE-2023-54003, CVE-2023-54041, CVE-2023-54128, CVE-2023-54176, CVE-2023-54202, CVE-2023-54265

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