ALAS2-2021-1675

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-33200  

A flaw was found in kernel/bpf/verifier.c in BPF in the Linux kernel. An incorrect limit is enforced for pointer arithmetic operations which can be abused to perform out-of-bounds reads and writes in kernel memory, leading to local privilege escalation. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. (CVE-2021-33200)

ALAS2-2021-1675


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2021-1675
Advisory Release Date: 2021-07-01 01:00 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2021-07-01 20:27 Pacific
Severity: Medium
References: CVE-2021-33200 

Issue Overview:

A flaw was found in kernel/bpf/verifier.c in BPF in the Linux kernel. An incorrect limit is enforced for pointer arithmetic operations which can be abused to perform out-of-bounds reads and writes in kernel memory, leading to local privilege escalation. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. (CVE-2021-33200)


Affected Packages:

kernel


Issue Correction:
Run yum update kernel to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    kernel-4.14.232-177.418.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-4.14.232-177.418.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.232-177.418.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-4.14.232-177.418.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.232-177.418.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-4.14.232-177.418.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.232-177.418.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-4.14.232-177.418.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.232-177.418.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.232-177.418.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-4.14.232-177.418.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.232-177.418.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-4.14.232-177.418.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-4.14.232-177.418.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-4.14.232-177.418.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-4.14.232-177.418.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.232-177.418.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-4.14.232-177.418.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.232-177.418.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-4.14.232-177.418.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.232-177.418.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-4.14.232-177.418.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.232-177.418.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.232-177.418.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-4.14.232-177.418.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.232-177.418.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-livepatch-4.14.232-177.418-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64