ALAS-2024-1919

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-1086  

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The nft_verdict_init() function allows positive values as drop error within the hook verdict, and hence the nf_hook_slow() function can cause a double free vulnerability when NF_DROP is issued with a drop error which resembles NF_ACCEPT. We recommend upgrading past commit f342de4e2f33e0e39165d8639387aa6c19dff660. (CVE-2024-1086)

ALAS-2024-1919


Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-1919
Advisory Release Date: 2024-02-14 20:03 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-02-19 19:12 Pacific
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.

The nft_verdict_init() function allows positive values as drop error within the hook verdict, and hence the nf_hook_slow() function can cause a double free vulnerability when NF_DROP is issued with a drop error which resembles NF_ACCEPT.

We recommend upgrading past commit f342de4e2f33e0e39165d8639387aa6c19dff660. (CVE-2024-1086)


Affected Packages:

kernel


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

New Packages:
i686:
    kernel-devel-4.14.336-179.559.amzn1.i686
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.336-179.559.amzn1.i686
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.336-179.559.amzn1.i686
    kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-4.14.336-179.559.amzn1.i686
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.336-179.559.amzn1.i686
    kernel-tools-4.14.336-179.559.amzn1.i686
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.336-179.559.amzn1.i686
    kernel-headers-4.14.336-179.559.amzn1.i686
    perf-4.14.336-179.559.amzn1.i686
    kernel-4.14.336-179.559.amzn1.i686

src:
    kernel-4.14.336-179.559.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.336-179.559.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.336-179.559.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.336-179.559.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-4.14.336-179.559.amzn1.x86_64
    perf-4.14.336-179.559.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.336-179.559.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-tools-4.14.336-179.559.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-headers-4.14.336-179.559.amzn1.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.336-179.559.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-devel-4.14.336-179.559.amzn1.x86_64