Memory Leak Affecting perf-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.14.353-270.569.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-PERFDEBUGINFO-8321667
  • published1 Nov 2024
  • disclosed30 Aug 2024

Introduced: 30 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-44944  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 perf-debuginfo to version 0:4.14.353-270.569.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2658.

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.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: ctnetlink: use helper function to calculate expect ID

Delete expectation path is missing a call to the nf_expect_get_id() helper function to calculate the expectation ID, otherwise LSB of the expectation object address is leaked to userspace.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1