CVE-2024-35800 Affecting kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 package, versions <0:6.1.84-99.169.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELDEBUGINFOCOMMONAARCH64-7984428
  • published17 Sept 2024
  • disclosed17 May 2024

Introduced: 17 May 2024

CVE-2024-35800  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 to version 0:6.1.84-99.169.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2024-696.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 package and not the kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

efi: fix panic in kdump kernel

Check if get_next_variable() is actually valid pointer before calling it. In kdump kernel this method is set to NULL that causes panic during the kexec-ed kernel boot.

Tested with QEMU and OVMF firmware.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1