Covert Timing Channel Affecting kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 package, versions <0:4.14.311-233.529.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-KERNELDEBUGINFOCOMMONX8664-11472061
  • published5 Aug 2025
  • disclosed2 May 2025

Introduced: 2 May 2025

CVE-2023-53117  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-385  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 to version 0:4.14.311-233.529.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2025-2909.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 package and not the kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 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:

fs: prevent out-of-bounds array speculation when closing a file descriptor

Google-Bug-Id: 114199369

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1