Improper Input Validation Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:6.1.59-84.139.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELHEADERS-7445095
  • published12 Jul 2024
  • disclosed2 Mar 2024

Introduced: 2 Mar 2024

CVE-2023-52522  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-headers to version 0:6.1.59-84.139.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-422.

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 the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: fix possible store tearing in neigh_periodic_work()

While looking at a related syzbot report involving neigh_periodic_work(), I found that I forgot to add an annotation when deleting an RCU protected item from a list.

Readers use rcu_deference(*np), we need to use either rcu_assign_pointer() or WRITE_ONCE() on writer side to prevent store tearing.

I use rcu_assign_pointer() to have lockdep support, this was the choice made in neigh_flush_dev().

CVSS Scores

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