vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2023-6040: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2024-1912)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jan 12, 2024 | Feb 6, 2024 | May 21, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jan 12, 2024
Added
Feb 6, 2024
Modified
May 21, 2025
Description
An out-of-bounds access vulnerability involving netfilter was reported and fixed as: f1082dd31fe4 (netfilter: nf_tables: Reject tables of unsupported family); While creating a new netfilter table, lack of a safeguard against invalid nf_tables family (pf) values within `nf_tables_newtable` function enables an attacker to achieve out-of-bounds access.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel
References
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