Integer Underflow Affecting kernel-modules-extra-common package, versions <0:6.1.79-99.164.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELMODULESEXTRACOMMON-7708633
  • published20 Aug 2024
  • disclosed17 Apr 2024

Introduced: 17 Apr 2024

CVE-2024-26828  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-191  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-modules-extra-common to version 0:6.1.79-99.164.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2024-549.

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:

cifs: fix underflow in parse_server_interfaces()

In this loop, we step through the buffer and after each item we check if the size_left is greater than the minimum size we need. However, the problem is that "bytes_left" is type ssize_t while sizeof() is type size_t. That means that because of type promotion, the comparison is done as an unsigned and if we have negative bytes left the loop continues instead of ending.

CVSS Scores

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