Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2024-683)

high Nessus Plugin ID 205104

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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 ALAS2023-2024-683 advisory.

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

Input: cyapa - add missing input core locking to suspend/resume functions (CVE-2023-52884)

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

genirq/cpuhotplug, x86/vector: Prevent vector leak during CPU offline (CVE-2024-31076)

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

efi: libstub: only free priv.runtime_map when allocated (CVE-2024-33619)

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

ipvlan: Dont Use skb->sk in ipvlan_process_v{4,6}_outbound (CVE-2024-33621)

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

drm: Check output polling initialized before disabling (CVE-2024-35927)

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

drm/arm/malidp: fix a possible null pointer dereference (CVE-2024-36014)

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

tty: n_gsm: fix possible out-of-bounds in gsm0_receive() (CVE-2024-36016)

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

netfilter: tproxy: bail out if IP has been disabled on the device (CVE-2024-36270)

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

netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: acquire rcu_read_lock() in instance_destroy_rcu() (CVE-2024-36286)

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

net: relax socket state check at accept time. (CVE-2024-36484)

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

tls: fix missing memory barrier in tls_init (CVE-2024-36489)

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

maple_tree: fix mas_empty_area_rev() null pointer dereference (CVE-2024-36891)

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

net: fix __dst_negative_advice() race (CVE-2024-36971)

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

af_unix: Update unix_sk(sk)->oob_skb under sk_receive_queue lock. (CVE-2024-36972)

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

net: bridge: mst: fix vlan use-after-free (CVE-2024-36979)

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

virtio: delete vq in vp_find_vqs_msix() when request_irq() fails (CVE-2024-37353)

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

btrfs: fix crash on racing fsync and size-extending write into prealloc (CVE-2024-37354)

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

tcp: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in dctcp_update_alpha(). (CVE-2024-37356)

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

net: bridge: xmit: make sure we have at least eth header len bytes (CVE-2024-38538)

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

ax25: Fix reference count leak issue of net_device (CVE-2024-38554)

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

net/mlx5: Add a timeout to acquire the command queue semaphore (CVE-2024-38556)

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

net: openvswitch: fix overwriting ct original tuple for ICMPv6 (CVE-2024-38558)

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

drivers/perf: hisi: hns3: Fix out-of-bound access when valid event group (CVE-2024-38568)

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

drivers/perf: hisi_pcie: Fix out-of-bound access when valid event group (CVE-2024-38569)

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

cppc_cpufreq: Fix possible null pointer dereference (CVE-2024-38573)

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

rcu: Fix buffer overflow in print_cpu_stall_info() (CVE-2024-38576)

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

rcu-tasks: Fix show_rcu_tasks_trace_gp_kthread buffer overflow (CVE-2024-38577)

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

epoll: be better about file lifetimes (CVE-2024-38580)

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

r8169: Fix possible ring buffer corruption on fragmented Tx packets. (CVE-2024-38586)

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

ftrace: Fix possible use-after-free issue in ftrace_location() (CVE-2024-38588)

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

af_unix: Fix data races in unix_release_sock/unix_stream_sendmsg (CVE-2024-38596)

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

md: fix resync softlockup when bitmap size is less than array size (CVE-2024-38598)

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

ring-buffer: Fix a race between readers and resize checks (CVE-2024-38601)

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

ax25: Fix reference count leak issues of ax25_dev (CVE-2024-38602)

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

drivers/perf: hisi: hns3: Actually use devm_add_action_or_reset() (CVE-2024-38603)

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

ipv6: sr: fix invalid unregister error path (CVE-2024-38612)

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

cpufreq: exit() callback is optional (CVE-2024-38615)

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

fs/ntfs3: Use variable length array instead of fixed size (CVE-2024-38623)

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

fs/ntfs3: Use 64 bit variable to avoid 32 bit overflow (CVE-2024-38624)

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

bpf: Allow delete from sockmap/sockhash only if update is allowed (CVE-2024-38662)

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

ext4: fix mb_cache_entry's e_refcnt leak in ext4_xattr_block_cache_find() (CVE-2024-39276)

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

smb: client: fix deadlock in smb2_find_smb_tcon() (CVE-2024-39468)

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

md/raid5: fix deadlock that raid5d() wait for itself to clear MD_SB_CHANGE_PENDING (CVE-2024-39476)

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

bcache: fix variable length array abuse in btree_iter (CVE-2024-39482)

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

arm64: asm-bug: Add .align 2 to the end of __BUG_ENTRY (CVE-2024-39488)

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

ipv6: sr: fix memleak in seg6_hmac_init_algo (CVE-2024-39489)

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

ipv6: sr: fix missing sk_buff release in seg6_input_core (CVE-2024-39490)

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 2023.5.20240805' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 205104

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2024-683.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/6/2024

Updated: 6/9/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-38588

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-modules-extra-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-modules-extra, 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:kernel-livepatch-6.1.94-99.176, 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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/21/2024

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 8/28/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52884, CVE-2024-31076, CVE-2024-33619, CVE-2024-33621, CVE-2024-35927, CVE-2024-36014, CVE-2024-36016, CVE-2024-36270, CVE-2024-36286, CVE-2024-36484, CVE-2024-36489, CVE-2024-36891, CVE-2024-36971, CVE-2024-36972, CVE-2024-36979, CVE-2024-37353, CVE-2024-37354, CVE-2024-37356, CVE-2024-38538, CVE-2024-38554, CVE-2024-38556, CVE-2024-38558, CVE-2024-38568, CVE-2024-38569, CVE-2024-38573, CVE-2024-38576, CVE-2024-38577, CVE-2024-38580, CVE-2024-38586, CVE-2024-38588, CVE-2024-38596, CVE-2024-38598, CVE-2024-38601, CVE-2024-38602, CVE-2024-38603, CVE-2024-38612, CVE-2024-38615, CVE-2024-38623, CVE-2024-38624, CVE-2024-38662, CVE-2024-39276, CVE-2024-39468, CVE-2024-39476, CVE-2024-39482, CVE-2024-39488, CVE-2024-39489, CVE-2024-39490

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