Incorrect Check of Function Return Value Affecting kernel-devel package, versions <0:4.14.238-182.421.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-KERNELDEVEL-7246776
  • published12 Jun 2024
  • disclosed28 Feb 2024

Introduced: 28 Feb 2024

CVE-2021-47006  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-253  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-devel to version 0:4.14.238-182.421.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2021-1685.

NVD Description

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

ARM: 9064/1: hw_breakpoint: Do not directly check the event's overflow_handler hook

The commit 1879445dfa7b ("perf/core: Set event's default ::overflow_handler()") set a default event->overflow_handler in perf_event_alloc(), and replace the check event->overflow_handler with is_default_overflow_handler(), but one is missing.

Currently, the bp->overflow_handler can not be NULL. As a result, enable_single_step() is always not invoked.

Comments from Zhen Lei:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-arm-kernel/patch/20210207105934.2001-1-thunder.leizhen@huawei.com/

CVSS Scores

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