ALASKERNEL-5.15-2024-046


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASKERNEL-5.15-2024-046
Advisory Release Date: 2024-07-18 00:28 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-08-27 19:16 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

2024-08-27: CVE-2024-42096 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-27: CVE-2024-42070 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-27: CVE-2024-42090 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-27: CVE-2024-41092 was added to this advisory.

2024-08-27: CVE-2024-42068 was added to this advisory.

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Linux Kernel. This affects the function tcp_getsockopt/tcp_setsockopt of the component TCP Handler. The manipulation leads to race condition. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-211089 was assigned to this vulnerability. (CVE-2022-3566)

A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function inet6_stream_ops/inet6_dgram_ops of the component IPv6 Handler. The manipulation leads to race condition. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-211090 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. (CVE-2022-3567)

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

drm/i915/gt: Fix potential UAF by revoke of fence registers (CVE-2024-41092)

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

bpf: Take return from set_memory_ro() into account with bpf_prog_lock_ro() (CVE-2024-42068)

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

netfilter: nf_tables: fully validate NFT_DATA_VALUE on store to data registers (CVE-2024-42070)

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

pinctrl: fix deadlock in create_pinctrl() when handling -EPROBE_DEFER (CVE-2024-42090)

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

x86: stop playing stack games in profile_pc() (CVE-2024-42096)


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-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-livepatch-5.15.162-107.160-1.0-0.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.15.162-107.160.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-livepatch-5.15.162-107.160-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64