Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASKERNEL-5.15-2024-059
Advisory Release Date: 2024-12-05 01:00 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-12-19 14:30 Pacific
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/i915: Fix potential context UAFs (CVE-2023-52913)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm-crypt, dm-verity: disable tasklets (CVE-2024-26718)
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-5.15 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.
System reboot is required in order to complete this update.
aarch64:
kernel-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-headers-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.aarch64
perf-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.aarch64
perf-debuginfo-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-debuginfo-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-devel-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.aarch64
bpftool-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.aarch64
bpftool-debuginfo-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-devel-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-livepatch-5.15.173-118.169-1.0-0.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
kernel-headers-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.i686
src:
kernel-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.src
x86_64:
kernel-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-headers-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.x86_64
perf-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.x86_64
perf-debuginfo-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-debuginfo-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-devel-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.x86_64
bpftool-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.x86_64
bpftool-debuginfo-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-devel-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-5.15.173-118.169.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-livepatch-5.15.173-118.169-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64