Incomplete Cleanup Affecting kernel-tools-devel package, versions <0:6.1.124-134.200.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELTOOLSDEVEL-9522678
  • published27 Mar 2025
  • disclosed27 Dec 2024

Introduced: 27 Dec 2024

CVE-2024-53164  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-459  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-tools-devel to version 0:6.1.124-134.200.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-809.

NVD Description

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

net: sched: fix ordering of qlen adjustment

Changes to sch->q.qlen around qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() need to happen before a call to said function because otherwise it may fail to notify parent qdiscs when the child is about to become empty.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1