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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-8648: Security patch for kernel, kernel-livepatch-4.14.165-131.185, kernel-livepatch-4.14.165-133.209, kernel-livepatch-4.14.171-136.231 (Multiple Advisories)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-8648: Security patch for kernel, kernel-livepatch-4.14.165-131.185, kernel-livepatch-4.14.165-133.209, kernel-livepatch-4.14.171-136.231 (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/06/2020
Created
05/08/2020
Added
04/27/2020
Modified
01/16/2023

Description

There is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel through 5.5.2 in the n_tty_receive_buf_common function in drivers/tty/n_tty.c.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-headers
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-4-14-165-131-185
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-4-14-165-131-185-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-4-14-165-133-209
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-4-14-165-133-209-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-4-14-171-136-231
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-4-14-171-136-231-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-4-14-173-137-228
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-tools
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-tools-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-tools-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-perf
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-perf-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python-perf
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python-perf-debuginfo

References

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