Unchecked Return Value Affecting grub2-efi-x64 package, versions <1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.16


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-GRUB2EFIX64-9692365
  • published15 Apr 2025
  • disclosed18 Feb 2025

Introduced: 18 Feb 2025

CVE-2024-45775  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-252  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 grub2-efi-x64 to version 1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.16 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-937.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream grub2-efi-x64 package and not the grub2-efi-x64 package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in grub2 where the grub_extcmd_dispatcher() function calls grub_arg_list_alloc() to allocate memory for the grub's argument list. However, it fails to check in case the memory allocation fails. Once the allocation fails, a NULL point will be processed by the parse_option() function, leading grub to crash or, in some rare scenarios, corrupt the IVT data.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1