ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2023-123

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-32233  

In the Linux kernel through 6.3.1, a use-after-free in Netfilter nf_tables when processing batch requests can be abused to perform arbitrary read and write operations on kernel memory. Unprivileged local users can obtain root privileges. This occurs because anonymous sets are mishandled. (CVE-2023-32233)

ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2023-123


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASLIVEPATCH-2023-123
Advisory Release Date: 2023-05-25 17:42 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-06-05 17:58 Pacific
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

In the Linux kernel through 6.3.1, a use-after-free in Netfilter nf_tables when processing batch requests can be abused to perform arbitrary read and write operations on kernel memory. Unprivileged local users can obtain root privileges. This occurs because anonymous sets are mishandled. (CVE-2023-32233)


Affected Packages:

kernel-livepatch-5.10.178-162.673


Issue Correction:
Please ensure you have live patching enabled.
Run yum update kernel-livepatch-5.10.178-162.673 to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    kernel-livepatch-5.10.178-162.673-1.0-1.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-livepatch-5.10.178-162.673-debuginfo-1.0-1.amzn2.aarch64

src:
    kernel-livepatch-5.10.178-162.673-1.0-1.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-livepatch-5.10.178-162.673-1.0-1.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-livepatch-5.10.178-162.673-debuginfo-1.0-1.amzn2.x86_64