ALASKERNEL-5.4-2022-034


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASKERNEL-5.4-2022-034
Advisory Release Date: 2022-08-15 21:23 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-03-13 01:32 Pacific
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s framebuffer-based console driver functionality in the way a user triggers ioctl FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO with malicious data. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2021-33655)

A bug in the IMA subsystem was discovered which would incorrectly allow kexec to be used when kernel lockdown was enabled (CVE-2022-21505)

A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Netfilter subsystem in the way a user provides incorrect input of the NFT_DATA_VERDICT type. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2022-34918)

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.18.14. xfrm_expand_policies in net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c can cause a refcount to be dropped twice. (CVE-2022-36879)

A memory corruption flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Netfilter subsystem in the way a local user uses the libnetfilter_queue when analyzing a corrupted network packet. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or a remote user to crash the system when the libnetfilter_queue is used by a local user. (CVE-2022-36946)

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

ext4: fix race condition between ext4_write and ext4_convert_inline_data (CVE-2022-49414)

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

mm/mempolicy: fix uninit-value in mpol_rebind_policy() (CVE-2022-49567)

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

tcp: Fix data-races around sysctl_tcp_slow_start_after_idle. (CVE-2022-49572)

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

udp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_udp_l3mdev_accept. (CVE-2022-49577)

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

ipv4: Fix a data-race around sysctl_fib_multipath_use_neigh. (CVE-2022-49580)

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

iavf: Fix handling of dummy receive descriptors (CVE-2022-49583)

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

igmp: Fix data-races around sysctl_igmp_qrv. (CVE-2022-49589)

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

igmp: Fix data-races around sysctl_igmp_llm_reports. (CVE-2022-49590)

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

tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_mtu_probe_floor. (CVE-2022-49594)

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

tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_probe_threshold. (CVE-2022-49595)

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

raw: Fix a data-race around sysctl_raw_l3mdev_accept. (CVE-2022-49631)

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

icmp: Fix data-races around sysctl. (CVE-2022-49638)

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

cgroup: Use separate src/dst nodes when preloading css_sets for migration (CVE-2022-49647)

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

usbnet: fix memory leak in error case (CVE-2022-49657)

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

mm/slub: add missing TID updates on slab deactivation (CVE-2022-49700)

A NULL pointer dereference issue was found in the SCTP network protocol in net/sctp/stream_sched.c in the Linux kernel. If stream_in allocation fails, stream_out is freed, which would be accessed further. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or potentially cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-2177)


Affected Packages:

kernel


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 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-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.4.209-116.363.amzn2.x86_64

Changelog:

2025-03-13: CVE-2022-49580 was added to this advisory.

2025-03-13: CVE-2022-49567 was added to this advisory.

2025-03-13: CVE-2022-49657 was added to this advisory.

2025-03-13: CVE-2022-49589 was added to this advisory.

2025-03-13: CVE-2022-49631 was added to this advisory.

2025-03-13: CVE-2022-49583 was added to this advisory.

2025-03-13: CVE-2022-49590 was added to this advisory.

2025-03-13: CVE-2022-49594 was added to this advisory.

2025-03-13: CVE-2022-49647 was added to this advisory.

2025-03-13: CVE-2022-49595 was added to this advisory.

2025-03-13: CVE-2022-49414 was added to this advisory.

2025-03-13: CVE-2022-49700 was added to this advisory.

2025-03-13: CVE-2022-49572 was added to this advisory.

2025-03-13: CVE-2022-49638 was added to this advisory.

2025-03-13: CVE-2022-49577 was added to this advisory.