The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 4.14.322-244.536. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2268 advisory.

    A flaw in the Linux Kernel found in the GFS2 file system. On corrupted gfs2 file systems the evict code     can try to reference the journal descriptor structure, jdesc, after it has been freed and set to NULL. It     can lead to null pointer dereference when gfs2_trans_begin being called and then fail     ingfs2_evict_inode(). (CVE-2023-3212)

    A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's netfilter subsystem in     net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c.

    Mishandled error handling with NFT_MSG_NEWRULE makes it possible to use a dangling pointer in the same     transaction causing a use-after-free vulnerability. This flaw allows a local attacker with user access to     cause a privilege escalation issue.

    We recommend upgrading past commit 1240eb93f0616b21c675416516ff3d74798fdc97. (CVE-2023-3390)

    The fix for XSA-423 added logic to Linux'es netback driver to deal witha frontend splitting a packet in a     way such that not all of the headerswould come in one piece.  Unfortunately the logic introduced     theredidn't account for the extreme case of the entire packet being splitinto as many pieces as permitted     by the protocol, yet still beingsmaller than the area that's specially dealt with to keep all     (possible)headers together.  Such an unusual packet would therefore trigger abuffer overrun in the driver.
    (CVE-2023-34319)

    A use-after-free flaw was found in net/sched/cls_fw.c in classifiers (cls_fw, cls_u32, and cls_route) in     the Linux Kernel. This flaw allows a local attacker to perform a local privilege escalation due to     incorrect handling of the existing filter, leading to a kernel information leak issue. (CVE-2023-4128)

    A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: cls_route component can be exploited to     achieve local privilege escalation.

    When route4_change() is called on an existing filter, the whole tcf_result struct is always copied into     the new instance of the filter. This causes a problem when updating a filter bound to a class, as     tcf_unbind_filter() is always called on the old instance in the success path, decreasing filter_cnt of the     still referenced class and allowing it to be deleted, leading to a use-after-free.

    We recommend upgrading past commit b80b829e9e2c1b3f7aae34855e04d8f6ecaf13c8. (CVE-2023-4206)

    A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: cls_u32 component can be exploited to     achieve local privilege escalation.

    When u32_change() is called on an existing filter, the whole tcf_result struct is always copied into the     new instance of the filter. This causes a problem when updating a filter bound to a class, as     tcf_unbind_filter() is always called on the old instance in the success path, decreasing filter_cnt of the     still referenced class and allowing it to be deleted, leading to a use-after-free.

    We recommend upgrading past commit 3044b16e7c6fe5d24b1cdbcf1bd0a9d92d1ebd81. (CVE-2023-4208)

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

    SUNRPC: Fix UAF in svc_tcp_listen_data_ready() (CVE-2023-52885)

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

    igb: Fix igb_down hung on surprise removal (CVE-2023-53148)

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

    scsi: qla2xxx: Pointer may be dereferenced (CVE-2023-53150)

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

    md/raid10: prevent soft lockup while flush writes (CVE-2023-53151)

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

    ipv6/addrconf: fix a potential refcount underflow for idev (CVE-2023-53189)

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

    sched/fair: Don't balance task to its current running CPU (CVE-2023-53215)

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

    jfs: jfs_dmap: Validate db_l2nbperpage while mounting (CVE-2023-53222)

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

    md/raid10: fix wrong setting of max_corr_read_errors (CVE-2023-53313)

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

    scsi: qla2xxx: Wait for io return on terminate rport (CVE-2023-53322)

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

    ip6mr: Fix skb_under_panic in ip6mr_cache_report() (CVE-2023-53365)

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

    scsi: qla2xxx: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2023-53451)

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

    net: usbnet: Fix WARNING in usbnet_start_xmit/usb_submit_urb (CVE-2023-53548)

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

    netfilter: conntrack: Avoid nf_ct_helper_hash uses after free (CVE-2023-53619)

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

    ring-buffer: Fix deadloop issue on reading trace_pipe (CVE-2023-53668)

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

    posix-timers: Ensure timer ID search-loop limit is valid (CVE-2023-53728)

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

    netlink: fix potential deadlock in netlink_set_err() (CVE-2023-53731)

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

    netlink: do not hard code device address lenth in fdb dumps (CVE-2023-53863)

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

    scsi: qla2xxx: Check valid rport returned by fc_bsg_to_rport() (CVE-2023-54014)

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

    btrfs: fix race when deleting quota root from the dirty cow roots list (CVE-2023-54032)

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

    drm/client: Fix memory leak in drm_client_target_cloned (CVE-2023-54091)

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

    tracing: Fix warning in trace_buffered_event_disable() (CVE-2023-54211)

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

    bpf: Address KCSAN report on bpf_lru_list (CVE-2023-54283)

    A denial of service vulnerability due to a deadlock was found in sctp_auto_asconf_init in     net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel's SCTP subsystem. This flaw allows guests with local user privileges     to trigger a deadlock and potentially crash the system. (CVE-2024-0639)

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.

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Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2-2023-2268 (ALAS-2023-2268)

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