ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2023-113

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-2023-113


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASLIVEPATCH-2023-113
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-4.14.304-226.531


Issue Correction:
Please ensure you have live patching enabled.
Run yum update kernel-livepatch-4.14.304-226.531 to update your system.

New Packages:
src:
    kernel-livepatch-4.14.304-226.531-1.0-1.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-livepatch-4.14.304-226.531-1.0-1.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-livepatch-4.14.304-226.531-debuginfo-1.0-1.amzn2.x86_64