vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-27672: Security patch for kernel (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N) | Mar 1, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 | May 20, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Mar 1, 2023
Added
Mar 22, 2023
Modified
May 20, 2026
Description
When SMT is enabled, certain AMD processors may speculatively execute instructions using a target
from the sibling thread after an SMT mode switch potentially resulting in information disclosure.
Solutions
amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bpftoolamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bpftool-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernelamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-develamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-headersamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-5-10-173-154-642amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-5-15-102-61-139amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-toolsamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-tools-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-tools-develamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-perfamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-perf-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python-perfamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python-perf-debuginfo
References
- AMAZON-AL2/ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2023-028
- AMAZON-AL2/ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-015
- AMAZON-AL2/ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2023-043
- AMAZON-AL2/ALASKERNEL-5.10-2023-028
- AMAZON-AL2/ALASKERNEL-5.15-2023-015
- AMAZON-AL2/ALASKERNEL-5.4-2023-043
- CVE-2022-27672
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-27672
- EUVD-EUVD-2022-32169
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-32169
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