Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting kernel-livepatch-6.1.115-126.197 package, versions <0:1.0-0.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-KERNELLIVEPATCH61115126197-8661705
  • published25 Jan 2025
  • disclosed21 Oct 2024

Introduced: 21 Oct 2024

CVE-2024-49860  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.115-126.197 to version 0:1.0-0.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-794.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-6.1.115-126.197 package and not the kernel-livepatch-6.1.115-126.197 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: sysfs: validate return type of _STR method

Only buffer objects are valid return values of _STR.

If something else is returned description_show() will access invalid memory.

CVSS Scores

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