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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-15115: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2017-937)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-15115: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2017-937)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/15/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/22/2017
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

The sctp_do_peeloff function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14 does not check whether the intended netns is used in a peel-off action, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

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