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Medium ALAS2-2022-1833 3 CVEs

Moderate: kernel security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Aug 15, 2022 · Updated Aug 19, 2022

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-36879: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.18.14. xfrm_expand_policies in net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c can cause a refcount to be dropped twice. CVE-2022-36123: The Linux kernel before 5.18.13 lacks a certain clear operation for the block starting symbol (.bss). This allows Xen PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges. CVE-2021-33655: An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s framebuffer-based console driver functionality in the way a user triggers ioctl FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO with malicious data. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Fixed packages 14

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel 0:4.14.290-217.505.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-debuginfo 0:4.14.290-217.505.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 0:4.14.290-217.505.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 0:4.14.290-217.505.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-devel 0:4.14.290-217.505.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-headers 0:4.14.290-217.505.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-livepatch-4.14.290-217.505 0:1.0-0.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-tools 0:4.14.290-217.505.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-tools-debuginfo 0:4.14.290-217.505.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-tools-devel 0:4.14.290-217.505.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 perf 0:4.14.290-217.505.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 perf-debuginfo 0:4.14.290-217.505.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 python-perf 0:4.14.290-217.505.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 python-perf-debuginfo 0:4.14.290-217.505.amzn2

Vulnerabilities 3

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-33655.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-36123.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-36879.html