Use After Free Affecting kernel-tools-devel package, versions <0:4.14.285-215.501.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-KERNELTOOLSDEVEL-9727069
  • published17 Apr 2025
  • disclosed26 Feb 2025

Introduced: 26 Feb 2025

CVE-2022-49388  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-tools-devel to version 0:4.14.285-215.501.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1813.

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:

ubi: ubi_create_volume: Fix use-after-free when volume creation failed

There is an use-after-free problem for 'eba_tbl' in ubi_create_volume()'s error handling path:

ubi_eba_replace_table(vol, eba_tbl) vol->eba_tbl = tbl out_mapping: ubi_eba_destroy_table(eba_tbl) // Free 'eba_tbl' out_unlock: put_device(&vol->dev) vol_release kfree(tbl->entries) // UAF

Fix it by removing redundant 'eba_tbl' releasing. Fetch a reproducer in [Link].

CVSS Base Scores

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