Out-of-bounds Read Affecting kernel-libbpf-devel package, versions <0:6.1.119-129.201.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELLIBBPFDEVEL-8662328
  • published25 Jan 2025
  • disclosed9 Nov 2024

Introduced: 9 Nov 2024

CVE-2024-50247  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-libbpf-devel to version 0:6.1.119-129.201.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-802.

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.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs/ntfs3: Check if more than chunk-size bytes are written

A incorrectly formatted chunk may decompress into more than LZNT_CHUNK_SIZE bytes and a index out of bounds will occur in s_max_off.

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