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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-1462: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2022-1636)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-1462: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2022-1636)

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/02/2022
Created
10/12/2022
Added
10/11/2022
Modified
10/11/2022

Description

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s TeleTYpe subsystem. The issue occurs in how a user triggers a race condition using ioctls TIOCSPTLCK and TIOCGPTPEER and TIOCSTI and TCXONC with leakage of memory in the flush_to_ldisc function. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or read unauthorized random data from memory.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

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