Off-by-one Error Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:6.1.77-99.164.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELHEADERS-6253625
  • published20 Feb 2024
  • disclosed23 Jan 2024

Introduced: 23 Jan 2024

CVE-2024-23849  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-193  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-headers to version 0:6.1.77-99.164.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2024-517.

NVD Description

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

In rds_recv_track_latency in net/rds/af_rds.c in the Linux kernel through 6.7.1, there is an off-by-one error for an RDS_MSG_RX_DGRAM_TRACE_MAX comparison, resulting in out-of-bounds access.

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