Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel package, versions <0:4.14.334-252.552.amzn2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNEL-6184400
- published 23 Jan 2024
- disclosed 5 Jul 2024
Introduced: 23 Jan 2024
CVE-2023-52340 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel to version 0:4.14.334-252.552.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2391.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
The IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel before 6.3 has a net/ipv6/route.c max_size threshold that can be consumed easily, e.g., leading to a denial of service (network is unreachable errors) when IPv6 packets are sent in a loop via a raw socket.