ALASKERNEL-5.15-2023-029


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASKERNEL-5.15-2023-029
Advisory Release Date: 2023-10-31 00:17 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-07-03 22:01 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

2024-07-03: CVE-2023-52504 was added to this advisory.

2024-07-03: CVE-2023-52559 was added to this advisory.

2024-07-03: CVE-2023-52522 was added to this advisory.

2024-07-03: CVE-2023-52523 was added to this advisory.

2024-06-06: CVE-2023-52477 was added to this advisory.

2024-02-01: CVE-2024-0641 was added to this advisory.

A flaw in the kernel Xen event handler can cause a deadlock with Xen console handling in unprivileged Xen guests. (CVE-2023-34324)

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

usb: hub: Guard against accesses to uninitialized BOS descriptors (CVE-2023-52477)

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

x86/alternatives: Disable KASAN in apply_alternatives() (CVE-2023-52504)

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

net: fix possible store tearing in neigh_periodic_work() (CVE-2023-52522)

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

bpf, sockmap: Reject sk_msg egress redirects to non-TCP sockets (CVE-2023-52523)

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

iommu/vt-d: Avoid memory allocation in iommu_suspend() (CVE-2023-52559)

A denial of service vulnerability was found in tipc_crypto_key_revoke in net/tipc/crypto.c in the Linux kernel's TIPC subsystem. This flaw allows guests with local user privileges to trigger a deadlock and potentially crash the system. (CVE-2024-0641)


Affected Packages:

kernel


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 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-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-livepatch-5.15.136-90.144-1.0-0.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.15.136-90.144.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-livepatch-5.15.136-90.144-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64