Race Condition During Access to Alternate Channel Affecting kernel-libbpf-devel package, versions <0:6.1.10-15.42.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELLIBBPFDEVEL-3355813
  • published8 Mar 2023
  • disclosed17 Oct 2022

Introduced: 17 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-3567  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-421  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-libbpf-devel to version 0:6.1.10-15.42.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-070.

NVD Description

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

A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function inet6_stream_ops/inet6_dgram_ops of the component IPv6 Handler. The manipulation leads to race condition. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-211090 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

CVSS Scores

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