ALAS-2024-779

References: CVE-2024-40972  CVE-2024-41096  CVE-2024-41098  CVE-2024-42314  CVE-2024-44946  CVE-2024-44974  CVE-2024-44983  CVE-2024-44986  CVE-2024-46679  CVE-2024-46689  CVE-2024-46707  CVE-2024-46711  CVE-2024-46763 
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity

Issue Overview:

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

ext4: do not create EA inode under buffer lock (CVE-2024-40972)

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

PCI/MSI: Fix UAF in msi_capability_init (CVE-2024-41096)

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

ata: libata-core: Fix null pointer dereference on error (CVE-2024-41098)

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

btrfs: fix extent map use-after-free when adding pages to compressed bio (CVE-2024-42314)

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

kcm: Serialise kcm_sendmsg() for the same socket. (CVE-2024-44946)

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

mptcp: pm: avoid possible UaF when selecting endp (CVE-2024-44974)

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

netfilter: flowtable: validate vlan header (CVE-2024-44983)

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

ipv6: fix possible UAF in ip6_finish_output2() (CVE-2024-44986)

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

ethtool: check device is present when getting link settings (CVE-2024-46679)

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

soc: qcom: cmd-db: Map shared memory as WC, not WB (CVE-2024-46689)

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

KVM: arm64: Make ICC_*SGI*_EL1 undef in the absence of a vGICv3 (CVE-2024-46707)

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

mptcp: pm: fix ID 0 endp usage after multiple re-creations (CVE-2024-46711)

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

fou: Fix null-ptr-deref in GRO. (CVE-2024-46763)

Issue Correction:
Run dnf update kernel --releasever 2023.6.20241212 to update your system.
System reboot is required in order to complete this update.

New Packages:

aarch64:
    perf-debuginfo-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.aarch64
    kernel-libbpf-devel-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.aarch64
    bpftool-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.aarch64
    kernel-tools-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.aarch64
    kernel-modules-extra-common-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.aarch64
    python3-perf-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.aarch64
    bpftool-debuginfo-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.aarch64
    perf-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.aarch64
    kernel-libbpf-static-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.aarch64
    kernel-libbpf-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.aarch64
    kernel-modules-extra-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.aarch64
    kernel-livepatch-6.1.109-118.189-1.0-0.amzn2023.aarch64
    python3-perf-debuginfo-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.aarch64
    kernel-headers-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.aarch64
    kernel-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.aarch64
    kernel-devel-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.aarch64

src:
    kernel-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.src

x86_64:
    python3-perf-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.x86_64
    python3-perf-debuginfo-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.x86_64
    kernel-tools-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.x86_64
    kernel-libbpf-static-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.x86_64
    kernel-modules-extra-common-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.x86_64
    kernel-livepatch-6.1.109-118.189-1.0-0.amzn2023.x86_64
    kernel-headers-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.x86_64
    kernel-libbpf-devel-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.x86_64
    kernel-libbpf-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.x86_64
    bpftool-debuginfo-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.x86_64
    bpftool-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.x86_64
    perf-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.x86_64
    kernel-modules-extra-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.x86_64
    kernel-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.x86_64
    kernel-devel-6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023.x86_64