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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-0330: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2022-1571)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-0330: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2022-1571)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/09/2022
Created
03/11/2022
Added
03/09/2022
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

A random memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel's GPU i915 kernel driver functionality in the way a user may run malicious code on the GPU. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

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