ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2023-100

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-3524  

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function ipv6_renew_options of the component IPv6 Handler. The manipulation leads to memory leak. The attack can be launched remotely. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-211021 was assigned to this vulnerability. (CVE-2022-3524)

ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2023-100


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASLIVEPATCH-2023-100
Advisory Release Date: 2023-01-18 00:25 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-01-20 23:46 Pacific
Severity: Important
References: CVE-2022-3524 

Issue Overview:

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function ipv6_renew_options of the component IPv6 Handler. The manipulation leads to memory leak. The attack can be launched remotely. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-211021 was assigned to this vulnerability. (CVE-2022-3524)


Affected Packages:

kernel-livepatch-4.14.299-223.520


Issue Correction:
Please ensure you have live patching enabled.
Run yum update kernel-livepatch-4.14.299-223.520 to update your system.

New Packages:
src:
    kernel-livepatch-4.14.299-223.520-1.0-2.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-livepatch-4.14.299-223.520-1.0-2.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-livepatch-4.14.299-223.520-debuginfo-1.0-2.amzn2.x86_64