Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2024-2549)

high Nessus Plugin ID 198252

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 4.14.343-259.562. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2549 advisory.

2024-09-12: CVE-2023-52691 was added to this advisory.

2024-09-12: CVE-2024-27413 was added to this advisory.

2024-09-12: CVE-2023-52675 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-26851 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-26773 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-26880 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-26920 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-26752 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-26675 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-26878 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-26763 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-26845 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-26793 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-26663 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-26679 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-26735 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-26764 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2023-52623 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-27388 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-26816 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-26772 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-26863 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-26744 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-26917 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-26805 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-26901 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-26791 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-26720 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-26857 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-26840 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-14: CVE-2024-26859 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-01: CVE-2023-52587 was added to this advisory.

2024-07-03: CVE-2023-52615 was added to this advisory.

2024-07-03: CVE-2024-26633 was added to this advisory.

2024-07-03: CVE-2023-52612 was added to this advisory.

2024-07-03: CVE-2023-52619 was added to this advisory.

2024-07-03: CVE-2023-52470 was added to this advisory.

2024-07-03: CVE-2024-0340 was added to this advisory.

2024-07-03: CVE-2024-26635 was added to this advisory.

2024-07-03: CVE-2023-52583 was added to this advisory.

2024-06-19: CVE-2023-46838 was added to this advisory.

2024-06-06: CVE-2023-52486 was added to this advisory.

2024-06-06: CVE-2023-52464 was added to this advisory.

2024-06-06: CVE-2023-52698 was added to this advisory.

2024-06-06: CVE-2024-0607 was added to this advisory.

A flaw has been found in Xen. An unprivileged guest can cause Denial of Service (DoS) of the host by sending network packets to the backend, causing the backend to crash. (CVE-2023-46838)

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

EDAC/thunderx: Fix possible out-of-bounds string access

Enabling -Wstringop-overflow globally exposes a warning for a common bugin the usage of strncat():

drivers/edac/thunderx_edac.c: In function 'thunderx_ocx_com_threaded_isr':drivers/edac/thunderx_edac.c:1136:17: error: 'strncat' specified bound 1024 equals destination size [-Werror=stringop-overflow=]1136 | strncat(msg, other, OCX_MESSAGE_SIZE);| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...1145 | strncat(msg, other, OCX_MESSAGE_SIZE);...1150 | strncat(msg, other, OCX_MESSAGE_SIZE);

...

Apparently the author of this driver expected strncat() to behave theway that strlcat() does, which uses the size of the destination bufferas its third argument rather than the length of the source buffer.
Theresult is that there is no check on the size of the allocated buffer.

Change it to strlcat().

[ bp: Trim compiler output, fixup commit message. ] (CVE-2023-52464)

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

drm/radeon: check the alloc_workqueue return value in radeon_crtc_init()

check the alloc_workqueue return value in radeon_crtc_init()to avoid null-ptr-deref. (CVE-2023-52470)

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

drm: Don't unref the same fb many times by mistake due to deadlock handling (CVE-2023-52486)

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

ceph: fix deadlock or deadcode of misusing dget() (CVE-2023-52583)

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

IB/ipoib: Fix mcast list locking (CVE-2023-52587)

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

crypto: scomp - fix req->dst buffer overflow (CVE-2023-52612)

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

hwrng: core - Fix page fault dead lock on mmap-ed hwrng (CVE-2023-52615)

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

pstore/ram: Fix crash when setting number of cpus to an odd number (CVE-2023-52619)

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

SUNRPC: Fix a suspicious RCU usage warning (CVE-2023-52623)

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

powerpc/imc-pmu: Add a null pointer check in update_events_in_group() (CVE-2023-52675)

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

drm/amd/pm: fix a double-free in si_dpm_init (CVE-2023-52691)

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

calipso: fix memory leak in netlbl_calipso_add_pass() (CVE-2023-52698)

A vulnerability was found in vhost_new_msg in drivers/vhost/vhost.c in the Linux kernel, which does not properly initialize memory in messages passed between virtual guests and the host operating system in the vhost/vhost.c:vhost_new_msg() function. This issue can allow local privileged users to read some kernel memory contents when reading from the /dev/vhost-net device file. (CVE-2024-0340)

netfilter: nf_tables: fix pointer math issue in nft_byteorder_eval() (CVE-2024-0607)

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

llc: call sock_orphan() at release time (CVE-2024-26625)

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

ip6_tunnel: fix NEXTHDR_FRAGMENT handling in ip6_tnl_parse_tlv_enc_lim() (CVE-2024-26633)

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

llc: Drop support for ETH_P_TR_802_2. (CVE-2024-26635)

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

tipc: Check the bearer type before calling tipc_udp_nl_bearer_add() (CVE-2024-26663)

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

ppp_async: limit MRU to 64K (CVE-2024-26675)

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

inet: read sk->sk_family once in inet_recv_error() (CVE-2024-26679)

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

mm/writeback: fix possible divide-by-zero in wb_dirty_limits(), again (CVE-2024-26720)

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

ipv6: sr: fix possible use-after-free and null-ptr-deref (CVE-2024-26735)

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

RDMA/srpt: Support specifying the srpt_service_guid parameter (CVE-2024-26744)

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

l2tp: pass correct message length to ip6_append_data (CVE-2024-26752)

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

dm-crypt: don't modify the data when using authenticated encryption (CVE-2024-26763)

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

fs/aio: Restrict kiocb_set_cancel_fn() to I/O submitted via libaio (CVE-2024-26764)

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

ext4: avoid allocating blocks from corrupted group in ext4_mb_find_by_goal() (CVE-2024-26772)

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

ext4: avoid allocating blocks from corrupted group in ext4_mb_try_best_found() (CVE-2024-26773)

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

btrfs: dev-replace: properly validate device names (CVE-2024-26791)

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

gtp: fix use-after-free and null-ptr-deref in gtp_newlink() (CVE-2024-26793)

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

netlink: Fix kernel-infoleak-after-free in __skb_datagram_iter (CVE-2024-26805)

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

x86, relocs: Ignore relocations in .notes section (CVE-2024-26816)

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

cachefiles: fix memory leak in cachefiles_add_cache() (CVE-2024-26840)

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

scsi: target: core: Add TMF to tmr_list handling (CVE-2024-26845)

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

netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: Add protection for bmp length out of range (CVE-2024-26851)

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

geneve: make sure to pull inner header in geneve_rx() (CVE-2024-26857)

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

net/bnx2x: Prevent access to a freed page in page_pool (CVE-2024-26859)

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

hsr: Fix uninit-value access in hsr_get_node() (CVE-2024-26863)

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

quota: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2024-26878)

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

dm: call the resume method on internal suspend (CVE-2024-26880)

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

aoe: fix the potential use-after-free problem in aoecmd_cfg_pkts (CVE-2024-26898)

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

do_sys_name_to_handle(): use kzalloc() to fix kernel-infoleak (CVE-2024-26901)

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

scsi: Revert scsi: fcoe: Fix potential deadlock on &fip->ctlr_lock (CVE-2024-26917)

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

tracing/trigger: Fix to return error if failed to alloc snapshot (CVE-2024-26920)

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

SUNRPC: fix some memleaks in gssx_dec_option_array (CVE-2024-27388)

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

efi/capsule-loader: fix incorrect allocation size (CVE-2024-27413)

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 'yum update kernel' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2024-2549.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-46838.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-52464.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-52470.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-52486.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-52583.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-52587.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-52612.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-52615.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-52619.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-52623.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-52675.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-52691.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-52698.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-0340.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-0607.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26625.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26633.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26635.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26663.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26675.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26679.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26720.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26735.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26744.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26752.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26763.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26764.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26772.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26773.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26791.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26793.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26805.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26816.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26840.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26845.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26851.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26857.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26859.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26863.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26878.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26880.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26898.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26901.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26917.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-26920.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-27388.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-27413.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 198252

File Name: al2_ALAS-2024-2549.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/31/2024

Updated: 9/13/2024

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-2024-26898

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:kernel-livepatch-4.14.343-259.562, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-headers, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/23/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/6/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-46838, CVE-2023-52464, CVE-2023-52470, CVE-2023-52486, CVE-2023-52583, CVE-2023-52587, CVE-2023-52612, CVE-2023-52615, CVE-2023-52619, CVE-2023-52623, CVE-2023-52675, CVE-2023-52691, CVE-2023-52698, CVE-2024-0340, CVE-2024-0607, CVE-2024-26625, CVE-2024-26633, CVE-2024-26635, CVE-2024-26663, CVE-2024-26675, CVE-2024-26679, CVE-2024-26720, CVE-2024-26735, CVE-2024-26744, CVE-2024-26752, CVE-2024-26763, CVE-2024-26764, CVE-2024-26772, CVE-2024-26773, CVE-2024-26791, CVE-2024-26793, CVE-2024-26805, CVE-2024-26816, CVE-2024-26840, CVE-2024-26845, CVE-2024-26851, CVE-2024-26857, CVE-2024-26859, CVE-2024-26863, CVE-2024-26878, CVE-2024-26880, CVE-2024-26898, CVE-2024-26901, CVE-2024-26917, CVE-2024-26920, CVE-2024-27388, CVE-2024-27413