ALAS-2024-1906

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-6606  

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in smbCalcSize in fs/smb/client/netmisc.c in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow a local attacker to crash the system or leak internal kernel information. (CVE-2023-6606)

ALAS-2024-1906


Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-1906
Advisory Release Date: 2024-01-19 01:19 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-01-19 01:19 Pacific
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in smbCalcSize in fs/smb/client/netmisc.c in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow a local attacker to crash the system or leak internal kernel information. (CVE-2023-6606)


Affected Packages:

kernel


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

New Packages:
i686:
    kernel-tools-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.i686
    kernel-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.i686
    kernel-devel-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.i686
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.i686
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.i686
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.i686
    kernel-headers-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.i686
    perf-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.i686
    kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.i686
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.i686

src:
    kernel-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-devel-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-tools-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-headers-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.x86_64
    perf-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.x86_64