Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASKERNEL-5.4-2024-088
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:
inet: inet_defrag: prevent sk release while still in use (CVE-2024-26921)
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)
syzbot reported that nf_reject_ip6_tcphdr_put() was possibly sending garbage on the four reserved tcp bits (th->res1)
Use skb_put_zero() to clear the whole TCP header, as done in nf_reject_ip_tcphdr_put() (CVE-2024-47685)
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-5.4 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.
System reboot is required in order to complete this update.
aarch64:
kernel-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-headers-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
perf-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
perf-debuginfo-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-devel-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
bpftool-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-devel-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
kernel-headers-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.i686
src:
kernel-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.src
x86_64:
kernel-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-headers-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64
perf-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64
perf-debuginfo-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-devel-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64
bpftool-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64
bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-devel-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64