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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-29581: Security patch for kernel, kernel-livepatch-4.14.276-211.499 (Multiple Advisories)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-29581: Security patch for kernel, kernel-livepatch-4.14.276-211.499 (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/17/2022
Created
07/16/2022
Added
07/04/2022
Modified
07/14/2023

Description

Improper Update of Reference Count vulnerability in net/sched of Linux Kernel allows local attacker to cause privilege escalation to root. This issue affects: Linux Kernel versions prior to 5.18; version 4.14 and later versions.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bpftool
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bpftool-debuginfo
  • 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-4-14-276-211-499
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-4-14-276-211-499-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-4-14-281-212-502
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-5-10-118-111-515
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-5-15-43-20-103
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-5-15-43-20-123
  • 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

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