vulnerability

Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2023-39189: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2025-1973)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 9, 2023
Added
May 22, 2025
Modified
May 30, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in the Netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel. The nfnl_osf_add_callback function did not validate the user mode controlled opt_num field. This flaw allows a local privileged (CAP_NET_ADMIN) attacker to trigger an out-of-bounds read, leading to a crash or information disclosure.

Solution

amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel
Title
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