Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASKERNEL-5.4-2024-083
Advisory Release Date: 2024-08-28 19:02 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-12-05 01:00 Pacific
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity
2024-12-05: CVE-2024-41042 was added to this advisory.
2024-09-12: CVE-2024-44944 was added to this advisory.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_tables: use timestamp to check for set element timeout (CVE-2024-27397)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_tables: prefer nft_chain_validate (CVE-2024-41042)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
devres: Fix memory leakage caused by driver API devm_free_percpu() (CVE-2024-43871)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mlxsw: spectrum_acl_erp: Fix object nesting warning (CVE-2024-43880)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: ctnetlink: use helper function to calculate expect ID (CVE-2024-44944)
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.
aarch64:
kernel-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-headers-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
perf-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
perf-debuginfo-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-devel-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
bpftool-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-devel-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
kernel-headers-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.i686
src:
kernel-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.src
x86_64:
kernel-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-headers-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64
perf-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64
perf-debuginfo-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-devel-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64
bpftool-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64
bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-devel-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64