ALAS-2024-2658


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2658
Advisory Release Date: 2024-10-24 23:54 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-10-31 18:00 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

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

devres: Fix memory leakage caused by driver API devm_free_percpu() (CVE-2024-43871)

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

netfilter: ctnetlink: use helper function to calculate expect ID (CVE-2024-44944)


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.
System reboot is required in order to complete this update.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    kernel-4.14.353-270.569.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-4.14.353-270.569.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.353-270.569.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-4.14.353-270.569.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.353-270.569.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-4.14.353-270.569.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.353-270.569.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-4.14.353-270.569.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.353-270.569.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.353-270.569.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-4.14.353-270.569.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.353-270.569.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-4.14.353-270.569.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-4.14.353-270.569.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-4.14.353-270.569.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-4.14.353-270.569.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.353-270.569.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-4.14.353-270.569.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.353-270.569.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-4.14.353-270.569.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.353-270.569.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-4.14.353-270.569.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.353-270.569.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.353-270.569.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-4.14.353-270.569.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.353-270.569.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-livepatch-4.14.353-270.569-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64