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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2021-38205: Security patch for microvm-kernel (Multiple Advisories)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2021-38205: Security patch for microvm-kernel (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
08/08/2021
Created
09/28/2023
Added
09/28/2023
Modified
09/28/2023

Description

drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.3 makes it easier for attackers to defeat an ASLR protection mechanism because it prints a kernel pointer (i.e., the real IOMEM pointer).

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-microvm-kernel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-microvm-kernel-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-microvm-kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-microvm-kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-microvm-kernel-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-microvm-kernel-headers

References

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