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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-8831: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2017-870)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-8831: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2017-870)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/08/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/03/2017
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

The saa7164_bus_get function in drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-bus.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact by changing a certain sequence-number value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

References

  • ALAS-2017-870
  • USN-3420-1
  • USN-3420-2
  • USN-3754-1
  • CVE-2017-8831

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