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Amazon Linux AMI: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2016-642) (CVE-2016-0728)

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Amazon Linux AMI: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2016-642) (CVE-2016-0728)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/21/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/21/2016
Modified
06/21/2018

Description

The join_session_keyring function in security/keys/process_keys.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 mishandles object references in a certain error case, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (integer overflow and use-after-free) via crafted keyctl commands.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-i686
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel-devel
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel-doc
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel-headers
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel-tools
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel-tools-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel-tools-devel
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-perf
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-perf-debuginfo

References

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