QID 354736

Date Published: 2023-02-09

QID 354736: Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2-2023-1932

Guests can trigger nic interface reset/abort/crash via netback it is possible for a guest to trigger a nic interface reset/abort/crash in a linux based network backend by sending certain kinds of packets.
It appears to be an (unwritten?)
Assumption in the rest of the linux network stack that packet protocol headers are all contained within the linear section of the skb and some nics behave badly if this is not the case.
This has been reported to occur with cisco (enic) and broadcom netxtrem ii bcm5780 (bnx2x) though it may be an issue with other nics/drivers as well.
In case the frontend is sending requests with split headers, netback will forward those violating above mentioned assumption to the networking core, resulting in said misbehavior. (
( CVE-2022-3643) an issue was discovered in the linux kernel through 6.0.10.
L2cap_config_req in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c has an integer wraparound via l2cap_conf_req packets. (
( CVE-2022-45934) in the linux kernel before 6.1.6, a null pointer dereference bug in the traffic control subsystem allows an unprivileged user to trigger a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted traffic control configuration that is set up with "tc qdisc" and "tc class" commands.
This affects qdisc_graft in net/sched/sch_api.c. (
( CVE-2022-47929) a null pointer dereference flaw was found in rawv6_push_pending_frames in net/ipv6/raw.c in the network subcomponent in the linux kernel.
This flaw causes the system to crash. (
( CVE-2023-0394) atm_tc_enqueue in net/sched/sch_atm.c in the linux kernel through allows attackers to cause a denial of service

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a securitybreach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 10 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
  • Solution
    Please refer to Amazon advisory: ALAS2-2023-1932 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.
    Vendor References
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    ALAS2-2023-1932 amazon linux 2 URL Logo alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-1932.html