vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2020-25285: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2020-1437)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Sep 13, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | May 21, 2025 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 13, 2020
Added
Oct 28, 2020
Modified
May 21, 2025
Description
A race condition between hugetlb sysctl handlers in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.8 could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory, cause a NULL pointer dereference, or possibly have unspecified other impact, aka CID-17743798d812.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel
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