CVE-2024-27025 Affecting kernel-modules-extra-common package, versions <0:6.1.84-99.169.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELMODULESEXTRACOMMON-7644118
  • published7 Aug 2024
  • disclosed1 May 2024

Introduced: 1 May 2024

CVE-2024-27025  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-modules-extra-common to version 0:6.1.84-99.169.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2024-696.

NVD Description

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

nbd: null check for nla_nest_start

nla_nest_start() may fail and return NULL. Insert a check and set errno based on other call sites within the same source code.

CVSS Scores

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