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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2023-28466: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2023-1773)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2023-28466: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2023-1773)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/16/2023
Created
07/05/2023
Added
07/04/2023
Modified
07/04/2023

Description

do_tls_getsockopt in net/tls/tls_main.c in the Linux kernel through 6.2.6 lacks a lock_sock call, leading to a race condition (with a resultant use-after-free or NULL pointer dereference).

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

References

  • ALAS-2023-1773
  • CVE-2023-28466

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