CVE-2023-52683 Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:6.1.75-99.163.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELHEADERS-8494346
  • published11 Dec 2024
  • disclosed17 May 2024

Introduced: 17 May 2024

CVE-2023-52683  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-headers to version 0:6.1.75-99.163.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2024-519.

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:

ACPI: LPIT: Avoid u32 multiplication overflow

In lpit_update_residency() there is a possibility of overflow in multiplication, if tsc_khz is large enough (> UINT_MAX/1000).

Change multiplication to mul_u32_u32().

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

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