Buffer Overflow Affecting kernel package, versions <0:4.14.330-250.540.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-KERNEL-8540458
  • published20 Dec 2024
  • disclosed21 May 2024

Introduced: 21 May 2024

CVE-2023-52868  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel to version 0:4.14.330-250.540.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2359.

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:

thermal: core: prevent potential string overflow

The dev->id value comes from ida_alloc() so it's a number between zero and INT_MAX. If it's too high then these sprintf()s will overflow.

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