ALASKERNEL-5.10-2022-015


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASKERNEL-5.10-2022-015
Advisory Release Date: 2022-06-30 22:29 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-04-10 22:27 Pacific
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

2024-04-10: CVE-2022-1852 was added to this advisory.

Due to the small table perturb size, a memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel's TCP source port generation algorithm in the net/ipv4/tcp.c function. This flaw allows an attacker to leak information and may cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-1012)

A use-after-free flaw was found in fs/ext4/namei.c:dx_insert_block() in the Linux kernel's filesystem sub-component. This flaw allows a local attacker with a user privilege to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-1184)

With shadow paging enabled, the INVPCID instruction results in a call to kvm_mmu_invpcid_gva. If INVPCID is executed with CR0.PG=0, the invlpg callback is not set and the result is a NULL pointer dereference. (CVE-2022-1789)

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's KVM module, which can lead to a denial of service in the x86_emulate_insn in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c. This flaw occurs while executing an illegal instruction in guest in the Intel CPU. (CVE-2022-1852)

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's Netfilter subsystem in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c. This flaw allows a local attacker with user access to cause a privilege escalation issue. (CVE-2022-1966)

No description is available for this CVE. (CVE-2022-1972)

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's nft_set_desc_concat_parse() function .This flaw allows an attacker to trigger a buffer overflow via nft_set_desc_concat_parse() , causing a denial of service and possibly to run code. (CVE-2022-2078)

A flaw was found in hw. Incomplete cleanup of multi-core shared buffers for some Intel(r) Processors may allow an authenticated user to enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-21123)

A flaw was found in hw. Incomplete cleanup of microarchitectural fill buffers on some Intel(r) Processors may allow an authenticated user to enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-21125)

A flaw was found in hw. Incomplete cleanup in specific special register write operations for some Intel® Processors may allow an authenticated user to enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-21166)

KGDB and KDB allow read and write access to kernel memory, and thus should be restricted during lockdown. An attacker with access to a serial port could trigger the debugger so it is important that the debugger respect the lockdown mode when/if it is triggered. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). (CVE-2022-21499)

net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux kernel through 5.18.1 allows a local user (able to create user/net namespaces) to escalate privileges to root because an incorrect NFT_STATEFUL_EXPR check leads to a use-after-free. (CVE-2022-32250)

The Linux kernel before 5.17.9 allows TCP servers to identify clients by observing what source ports are used. (CVE-2022-32296)

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.18.3 on powerpc 32-bit platforms. There is a buffer overflow in ptrace PEEKUSER and POKEUSER (aka PEEKUSR and POKEUSR) when accessing floating point registers. (CVE-2022-32981)


Affected Packages:

kernel


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra. Visit this page to learn more about Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Extras and 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-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-livepatch-5.10.126-117.518-1.0-0.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.10.126-117.518.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-livepatch-5.10.126-117.518-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64