ALASKERNEL-5.10-2024-074

Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASKERNEL-5.10-2024-074
Advisory Release Date: 2024-12-05 01:00 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-12-19 14:30 Pacific
Severity: Medium
Issue Overview:

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

net: bridge: xmit: make sure we have at least eth header len bytes (CVE-2024-38538)

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

io_uring: fix possible deadlock in io_register_iowq_max_workers() (CVE-2024-41080)

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

cifs: Fix buffer overflow when parsing NFS reparse points (CVE-2024-49996)


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

New Packages:
aarch64:
    kernel-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-livepatch-5.10.230-223.885-1.0-0.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-livepatch-5.10.230-223.885-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2024-38538, CVE-2024-41080, CVE-2024-49996

Mitre: CVE-2024-38538, CVE-2024-41080, CVE-2024-49996