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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-11412: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2018-1046)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-11412: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2018-1046)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/24/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
07/26/2018
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

In the Linux kernel 4.13 through 4.16.11, ext4_read_inline_data() in fs/ext4/inline.c performs a memcpy with an untrusted length value in certain circumstances involving a crafted filesystem that stores the system.data extended attribute value in a dedicated inode.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

References

  • ALAS-2018-1046
  • USN-3752-1
  • USN-3752-2
  • USN-3752-3
  • CVE-2018-11412

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