Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2024-779)

high Nessus Plugin ID 212342

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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 ALAS2023-2024-779 advisory.

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

ext4: do not create EA inode under buffer lock (CVE-2024-40972)

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

PCI/MSI: Fix UAF in msi_capability_init (CVE-2024-41096)

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

ata: libata-core: Fix null pointer dereference on error (CVE-2024-41098)

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

btrfs: fix extent map use-after-free when adding pages to compressed bio (CVE-2024-42314)

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

virtio_net: Fix napi_skb_cache_put warning (CVE-2024-43835)

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

net: drop bad gso csum_start and offset in virtio_net_hdr (CVE-2024-43897)

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

kcm: Serialise kcm_sendmsg() for the same socket. (CVE-2024-44946)

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

fuse: Initialize beyond-EOF page contents before setting uptodate (CVE-2024-44947)

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

mptcp: pm: avoid possible UaF when selecting endp (CVE-2024-44974)

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

netfilter: flowtable: validate vlan header (CVE-2024-44983)

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

ipv6: fix possible UAF in ip6_finish_output2() (CVE-2024-44986)

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

bonding: fix xfrm real_dev null pointer dereference (CVE-2024-44989)

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

bonding: fix null pointer deref in bond_ipsec_offload_ok (CVE-2024-44990)

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

tcp: prevent concurrent execution of tcp_sk_exit_batch (CVE-2024-44991)

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

fs/netfs/fscache_cookie: add missing n_accesses check (CVE-2024-45000)

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

vfs: Don't evict inode under the inode lru traversing context (CVE-2024-45003)

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

xhci: Fix Panther point NULL pointer deref at full-speed re-enumeration (CVE-2024-45006)

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

Input: MT - limit max slots (CVE-2024-45008)

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

mptcp: pm: only decrement add_addr_accepted for MPJ req (CVE-2024-45009)

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

netem: fix return value if duplicate enqueue fails (CVE-2024-45016)

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

netfilter: flowtable: initialise extack before use (CVE-2024-45018)

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

net/mlx5e: Take state lock during tx timeout reporter (CVE-2024-45019)

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

memcg_write_event_control(): fix a user-triggerable oops (CVE-2024-45021)

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

mm/vmalloc: fix page mapping if vm_area_alloc_pages() with high order fallback to order 0 (CVE-2024-45022)

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

ethtool: check device is present when getting link settings (CVE-2024-46679)

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

smb/client: avoid dereferencing rdata=NULL in smb2_new_read_req() (CVE-2024-46686)

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

soc: qcom: cmd-db: Map shared memory as WC, not WB (CVE-2024-46689)

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

KVM: arm64: Make ICC_*SGI*_EL1 undef in the absence of a vGICv3 (CVE-2024-46707)

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

mptcp: pm: fix ID 0 endp usage after multiple re-creations (CVE-2024-46711)

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

net/mlx5e: SHAMPO, Fix incorrect page release (CVE-2024-46717)

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

fou: Fix null-ptr-deref in GRO. (CVE-2024-46763)

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

fsnotify: clear PARENT_WATCHED flags lazily (CVE-2024-47660)

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 2023.6.20241212' or or 'dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2024-779 --releasever 2023.6.20241212' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 212342

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2024-779.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 12/11/2024

Updated: 10/8/2025

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-2024-44986

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:kernel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-libbpf-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-libbpf-static, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-modules-extra-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-libbpf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-livepatch-6.1.109-118.189

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: 12/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-40972, CVE-2024-41096, CVE-2024-41098, CVE-2024-42314, CVE-2024-43835, CVE-2024-43897, CVE-2024-44946, CVE-2024-44947, CVE-2024-44974, CVE-2024-44983, CVE-2024-44986, CVE-2024-44989, CVE-2024-44990, CVE-2024-44991, CVE-2024-45000, CVE-2024-45003, CVE-2024-45006, CVE-2024-45008, CVE-2024-45009, CVE-2024-45016, CVE-2024-45018, CVE-2024-45019, CVE-2024-45021, CVE-2024-45022, CVE-2024-46679, CVE-2024-46686, CVE-2024-46689, CVE-2024-46707, CVE-2024-46711, CVE-2024-46717, CVE-2024-46763, CVE-2024-47660

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