Improper Resource Locking Affecting perf-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.14.318-240.529.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-PERFDEBUGINFO-5740511
  • published27 Jun 2023
  • disclosed25 Apr 2023

Introduced: 25 Apr 2023

CVE-2023-2269  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-413  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-667  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 perf-debuginfo to version 0:4.14.318-240.529.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2100.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf-debuginfo package and not the perf-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

A denial of service problem was found, due to a possible recursive locking scenario, resulting in a deadlock in table_clear in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c in the Linux Kernel Device Mapper-Multipathing sub-component.

CVSS Scores

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