QID 357100

Date Published: 2024-02-07

QID 357100: Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch : ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2024-163

An out-of-bounds access vulnerability involving netfilter was reported and fixed as: f1082dd31fe4 (netfilter: nf_tables: reject tables of unsupported family); while creating a new netfilter table, lack of a safeguard against invalid nf_tables family (pf) values within `nf_tables_newtable` function enables an attacker to achieve out-of-bounds access. (
( CVE-2023-6040) an out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in smbcalcsize in fs/smb/client/netmisc.c in the linux kernel.
This issue could allow a local attacker to crash the system or leak internal kernel information. (
( CVE-2023-6606) a use-after-free vulnerability in the linux kernel's ipv4: igmp component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. a race condition can be exploited to cause a timer be mistakenly registered on a rcu read locked object which is freed by another thread. we recommend upgrading past commit e2b706c691905fe78468c361aaabc719d0a496f1. (
( CVE-2023-6932)



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

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
    • Solution
    Please refer to Amazon advisory: ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2024-163 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 357100

    CVE-2023-6606 | CVE-2023-6932 | CVE-2023-6040 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2024-163 amazon linux 2 URL Logo alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALASLIVEPATCH-2024-163.html
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