vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-2163: Security patch for kernel (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N) | Sep 20, 2023 | Sep 21, 2023 | May 20, 2026 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N)
Published
Sep 20, 2023
Added
Sep 21, 2023
Modified
May 20, 2026
Description
Incorrect verifier pruning in BPF in Linux Kernel >=5.4 leads to unsafe
code paths being incorrectly marked as safe, resulting in arbitrary read/write in
kernel memory, lateral privilege escalation, and container escape.
Solutions
amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bpftoolamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bpftool-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernelamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-develamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-headersamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-5-10-179-166-674amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-5-15-110-70-141amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-toolsamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-tools-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-tools-develamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-perfamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-perf-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python-perfamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python-perf-debuginfo
References
- AMAZON-AL2/ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2023-032
- AMAZON-AL2/ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-018
- AMAZON-AL2/ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2023-045
- AMAZON-AL2/ALASKERNEL-5.10-2023-032
- AMAZON-AL2/ALASKERNEL-5.15-2023-018
- AMAZON-AL2/ALASKERNEL-5.4-2023-045
- CVE-2023-2163
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2023-2163
- CWE-682
- EUVD-EUVD-2023-33680
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-33680
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