vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-3176: Security patch for kernel (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Sep 16, 2022 | Oct 14, 2022 | May 20, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 16, 2022
Added
Oct 14, 2022
Modified
May 20, 2026
Description
There exists a use-after-free in io_uring in the Linux kernel. Signalfd_poll() and binder_poll() use a waitqueue whose lifetime is the current task. It will send a POLLFREE notification to all waiters before the queue is freed. Unfortunately, the io_uring poll doesn't handle POLLFREE. This allows a use-after-free to occur if a signalfd or binder fd is polled with io_uring poll, and the waitqueue gets freed. We recommend upgrading past commit fc78b2fc21f10c4c9c4d5d659a685710ffa63659
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-5-10-144-127-601amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-5-15-69-37-134amazon-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-5.10-2022-020
- AMAZON-AL2/ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2022-008
- AMAZON-AL2/ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-036
- AMAZON-AL2/ALASKERNEL-5.10-2022-020
- AMAZON-AL2/ALASKERNEL-5.15-2022-008
- AMAZON-AL2/ALASKERNEL-5.4-2022-036
- CVE-2022-3176
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-3176
- CWE-416
- EUVD-EUVD-2022-42594
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-42594
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