ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2023-111

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-26545  

In the Linux kernel before 6.1.13, there is a double free in net/mpls/af_mpls.c upon an allocation failure (for registering the sysctl table under a new location) during the renaming of a device. (CVE-2023-26545)

ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2023-111


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASLIVEPATCH-2023-111
Advisory Release Date: 2023-03-30 22:07 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-04-05 20:53 Pacific
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

In the Linux kernel before 6.1.13, there is a double free in net/mpls/af_mpls.c upon an allocation failure (for registering the sysctl table under a new location) during the renaming of a device. (CVE-2023-26545)


Affected Packages:

kernel-livepatch-4.14.301-225.528


Issue Correction:
Please ensure you have live patching enabled.
Run yum update kernel-livepatch-4.14.301-225.528 to update your system.

New Packages:
src:
    kernel-livepatch-4.14.301-225.528-1.0-1.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-livepatch-4.14.301-225.528-1.0-1.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-livepatch-4.14.301-225.528-debuginfo-1.0-1.amzn2.x86_64