ALASLIVEPATCH-2023-022


Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALASLIVEPATCH-2023-022
Advisory Release Date: 2023-12-06 07:52 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-12-14 21:41 Pacific
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

x86: KVM: SVM: always update the x2avic msr interception (CVE-2023-5090)

A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Linux Kernel Performance Events (perf) component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.

If perf_read_group() is called while an event's sibling_list is smaller than its child's sibling_list, it can increment or write to memory locations outside of the allocated buffer.

We recommend upgrading past commit 32671e3799ca2e4590773fd0e63aaa4229e50c06. (CVE-2023-5717)

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.

The function nft_trans_gc_catchall did not remove the catchall set element from the catchall_list when the argument sync is true, making it possible to free a catchall set element many times.

We recommend upgrading past commit 93995bf4af2c5a99e2a87f0cd5ce547d31eb7630. (CVE-2023-6111)


Affected Packages:

kernel-livepatch-6.1.59-84.139


Issue Correction:
Please ensure you have live patching enabled.
Run dnf update kernel-livepatch-6.1.59-84.139 to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    kernel-livepatch-6.1.59-84.139-1.0-1.amzn2023.aarch64

src:
    kernel-livepatch-6.1.59-84.139-1.0-1.amzn2023.src

x86_64:
    kernel-livepatch-6.1.59-84.139-1.0-1.amzn2023.x86_64