ALAS2-2023-1969


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-1969
Advisory Release Date: 2023-03-02 21:50 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-03-07 00:19 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function find_prog_by_sec_insn of the file tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c of the component BPF. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-211749 was assigned to this vulnerability. (CVE-2022-3606)


Affected Packages:

libbpf


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update libbpf to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    libbpf-0.5.0-2.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
    libbpf-devel-0.5.0-2.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
    libbpf-static-0.5.0-2.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
    libbpf-debuginfo-0.5.0-2.amzn2.0.4.aarch64

i686:
    libbpf-0.5.0-2.amzn2.0.4.i686
    libbpf-devel-0.5.0-2.amzn2.0.4.i686
    libbpf-static-0.5.0-2.amzn2.0.4.i686
    libbpf-debuginfo-0.5.0-2.amzn2.0.4.i686

src:
    libbpf-0.5.0-2.amzn2.0.4.src

x86_64:
    libbpf-0.5.0-2.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
    libbpf-devel-0.5.0-2.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
    libbpf-static-0.5.0-2.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
    libbpf-debuginfo-0.5.0-2.amzn2.0.4.x86_64