vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-49122: Security patch for kernel (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Feb 26, 2025 | May 21, 2025 | May 20, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Feb 26, 2025
Added
May 21, 2025
Modified
May 20, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm ioctl: prevent potential spectre v1 gadget
It appears like cmd could be a Spectre v1 gadget as it's supplied by a
user and used as an array index. Prevent the contents of kernel memory
from being leaked to userspace via speculative execution by using
array_index_nospec.
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-4-14-276-211-499amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-5-10-112-108-499amazon-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/ALAS-2024-2569
- AMAZON-AL2/ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2023-036
- AMAZON-AL2/ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2024-076
- AMAZON-AL2/ALASKERNEL-5.10-2023-036
- AMAZON-AL2/ALASKERNEL-5.4-2024-076
- CVE-2022-49122
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-49122
- EUVD-EUVD-2022-55092
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-55092
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