vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-17972: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2018-1100)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N) | Oct 3, 2018 | Nov 8, 2018 | Oct 14, 2022 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Oct 3, 2018
Added
Nov 8, 2018
Modified
Oct 14, 2022
Description
An issue was discovered in the proc_pid_stack function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel through 4.18.11. It does not ensure that only root may inspect the kernel stack of an arbitrary task, allowing a local attacker to exploit racy stack unwinding and leak kernel task stack contents.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel
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