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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-5750: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2018-956)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-5750: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2018-956)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
01/26/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/22/2018
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

The acpi_smbus_hc_add function in drivers/acpi/sbshc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.15 allows local users to obtain sensitive address information by reading dmesg data from an SBS HC printk call.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

References

  • ALAS-2018-956
  • USN-3631-1
  • USN-3631-2
  • USN-3697-1
  • USN-3697-2
  • USN-3698-1
  • USN-3698-2
  • DSA-4120
  • DSA-4187
  • CVE-2018-5750
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