Resource Injection Affecting kernel-tools-devel package, versions <0:4.14.348-265.562.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-KERNELTOOLSDEVEL-7364771
  • published25 Jun 2024
  • disclosed15 Mar 2024

Introduced: 15 Mar 2024

CVE-2021-47110  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-99  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-tools-devel to version 0:4.14.348-265.562.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2581.

NVD Description

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

x86/kvm: Disable kvmclock on all CPUs on shutdown

Currenly, we disable kvmclock from machine_shutdown() hook and this only happens for boot CPU. We need to disable it for all CPUs to guard against memory corruption e.g. on restore from hibernate.

Note, writing '0' to kvmclock MSR doesn't clear memory location, it just prevents hypervisor from updating the location so for the short while after write and while CPU is still alive, the clock remains usable and correct so we don't need to switch to some other clocksource.

CVSS Scores

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