Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2560
Advisory Release Date: 2024-05-23 22:04 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-05-29 12:00 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
The Linux kernel before 5.4.2 mishandles ext4_expand_extra_isize, as demonstrated by use-after-free errors in __ext4_expand_extra_isize and ext4_xattr_set_entry, related to fs/ext4/inode.c and fs/ext4/super.c, aka CID-4ea99936a163. (CVE-2019-19767)
Affected Packages:
kernel
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 kernel to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
kernel-4.14.158-129.185.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-headers-4.14.158-129.185.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.158-129.185.amzn2.aarch64
perf-4.14.158-129.185.amzn2.aarch64
perf-debuginfo-4.14.158-129.185.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-4.14.158-129.185.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.158-129.185.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-4.14.158-129.185.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-devel-4.14.158-129.185.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.158-129.185.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-devel-4.14.158-129.185.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.158-129.185.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
kernel-headers-4.14.158-129.185.amzn2.i686
src:
kernel-4.14.158-129.185.amzn2.src
x86_64:
kernel-4.14.158-129.185.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-headers-4.14.158-129.185.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.158-129.185.amzn2.x86_64
perf-4.14.158-129.185.amzn2.x86_64
perf-debuginfo-4.14.158-129.185.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-4.14.158-129.185.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.158-129.185.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-4.14.158-129.185.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-devel-4.14.158-129.185.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.158-129.185.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-devel-4.14.158-129.185.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.158-129.185.amzn2.x86_64