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Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2023-4015: Important priority package update for kernel

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Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2023-4015: Important priority package update for kernel

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/06/2023
Created
02/14/2025
Added
02/17/2025
Modified
02/17/2025

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. On an error when building a nftables rule, deactivating immediate expressions in nft_immediate_deactivate() can lead unbinding the chain and objects be deactivated but later used. We recommend upgrading past commit 0a771f7b266b02d262900c75f1e175c7fe76fec2. A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component, which can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. On an error when building a nftables rule, deactivating immediate expressions in nft_immediate_deactivate() can unbind the chain and objects can be deactivated but used later.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bpftool
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bpftool-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-x86-64
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-devel
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-headers
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-libbpf
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-libbpf-devel
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-libbpf-static
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-6-1-49-69-116
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-tools
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-tools-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-tools-devel
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-perf
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-perf-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-python3-perf
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-python3-perf-debuginfo

References

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