ALASKERNEL-5.4-2024-081

Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASKERNEL-5.4-2024-081
Advisory Release Date: 2024-08-14 19:05 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-08-21 12:20 Pacific
Severity: Medium
Issue Overview:

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

usb-storage: alauda: Check whether the media is initialized (CVE-2024-38619)

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-5.4 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-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.4.279-193.377.amzn2.x86_64

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2024-38619, CVE-2024-42070, CVE-2024-42090, CVE-2024-42096

Mitre: CVE-2024-38619, CVE-2024-42070, CVE-2024-42090, CVE-2024-42096