CVE-2024-35947 Affecting kernel-modules-extra package, versions <0:6.1.91-99.172.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELMODULESEXTRA-7445752
  • published12 Jul 2024
  • disclosed19 May 2024

Introduced: 19 May 2024

CVE-2024-35947  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-modules-extra to version 0:6.1.91-99.172.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2024-643.

NVD Description

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

dyndbg: fix old BUG_ON in >control parser

Fix a BUG_ON from 2009. Even if it looks "unreachable" (I didn't really look), lets make sure by removing it, doing pr_err and return -EINVAL instead.

CVSS Scores

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