ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-018

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-31436  

qfq_change_class in net/sched/sch_qfq.c in the Linux kernel before 6.2.13 allows an out-of-bounds write because lmax can exceed QFQ_MIN_LMAX. (CVE-2023-31436)

ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-018


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASKERNEL-5.15-2023-018
Advisory Release Date: 2023-05-11 17:50 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-05-16 21:59 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

qfq_change_class in net/sched/sch_qfq.c in the Linux kernel before 6.2.13 allows an out-of-bounds write because lmax can exceed QFQ_MIN_LMAX. (CVE-2023-31436)


Affected Packages:

kernel


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

New Packages:
aarch64:
    kernel-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-livepatch-5.15.110-70.141-1.0-0.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.15.110-70.141.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-livepatch-5.15.110-70.141-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64