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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2023-4387: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2022-1591)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2023-4387: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2022-1591)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/31/2022
Created
09/22/2023
Added
09/21/2023
Modified
09/21/2023

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in vmxnet3_rq_alloc_rx_buf in drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c in VMware's vmxnet3 ethernet NIC driver in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow a local attacker to crash the system due to a double-free while cleaning up vmxnet3_rq_cleanup_all, which could also lead to a kernel information leak problem.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

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