Memory Leak Affecting kernel-libbpf-static package, versions <0:6.1.106-116.188.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELLIBBPFSTATIC-9525561
  • published27 Mar 2025
  • disclosed30 Aug 2024

Introduced: 30 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-44944  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-libbpf-static to version 0:6.1.106-116.188.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-864.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-libbpf-static package and not the kernel-libbpf-static 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:

netfilter: ctnetlink: use helper function to calculate expect ID

Delete expectation path is missing a call to the nf_expect_get_id() helper function to calculate the expectation ID, otherwise LSB of the expectation object address is leaked to userspace.

CVSS Base Scores

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