CVE-2023-52931 Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:6.1.12-17.42.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELTOOLS-9904683
  • published30 Apr 2025
  • disclosed27 Mar 2025

Introduced: 27 Mar 2025

CVE-2023-52931  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-tools to version 0:6.1.12-17.42.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-132.

NVD Description

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

drm/i915: Avoid potential vm use-after-free

Adding the vm to the vm_xa table makes it visible to userspace, which could try to race with us to close the vm. So we need to take our extra reference before putting it in the table.

(cherry picked from commit 99343c46d4e2b34c285d3d5f68ff04274c2f9fb4)

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1