Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2024-41091: Security patch for kernel, kernel-livepatch-5.10.217-205.860, kernel-livepatch-5.10.218-206.860, kernel-livepatch-5.10.218-208.862, kernel-livepatch-5.10.219-208.866, kernel-livepatch-5.10.220-209.867, kernel-livepatch-5.10.220-209.869 (Multiple Advisories)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tun: add missing verification for short frame

The cited commit missed to check against the validity of the frame length
in the tun_xdp_one() path, which could cause a corrupted skb to be sent
downstack. Even before the skb is transmitted, the
tun_xdp_one-->eth_type_trans() may access the Ethernet header although it
can be less than ETH_HLEN. Once transmitted, this could either cause
out-of-bound access beyond the actual length, or confuse the underlayer
with incorrect or inconsistent header length in the skb metadata.

In the alternative path, tun_get_user() already prohibits short frame which
has the length less than Ethernet header size from being transmitted for
IFF_TAP.

This is to drop any frame shorter than the Ethernet header size just like
how tun_get_user() does.

CVE: CVE-2024-41091