Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:6.1.79-99.164.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-6393987
  • published6 Mar 2024
  • disclosed12 Feb 2024

Introduced: 12 Feb 2024

CVE-2023-52429  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-754  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-headers to version 0:6.1.79-99.164.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2024-549.

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.

dm_table_create in drivers/md/dm-table.c in the Linux kernel through 6.7.4 can attempt to (in alloc_targets) allocate more than INT_MAX bytes, and crash, because of a missing check for struct dm_ioctl.target_count.

CVSS Scores

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