NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel package, versions <0:4.14.309-231.529.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-KERNEL-7678997
  • published14 Aug 2024
  • disclosed26 Apr 2024

Introduced: 26 Apr 2024

CVE-2023-52646  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel to version 0:4.14.309-231.529.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-1987.

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.

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

aio: fix mremap after fork null-deref

Commit e4a0d3e720e7 ("aio: Make it possible to remap aio ring") introduced a null-deref if mremap is called on an old aio mapping after fork as mm->ioctx_table will be set to NULL.

[jmoyer@redhat.com: fix 80 column issue]

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