vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-9576: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2017-782)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | 2016-12-28 | 2017-01-05 | 2022-10-14 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
2016-12-28
Added
2017-01-05
Modified
2022-10-14
Description
The blk_rq_map_user_iov function in block/blk-map.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.14 does not properly restrict the type of iterator, which allows local users to read or write to arbitrary kernel memory locations or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging access to a /dev/sg device.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel
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