vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-5344: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2018-956)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | 2018-01-12 | 2018-02-22 | 2022-10-14 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
2018-01-12
Added
2018-02-22
Modified
2022-10-14
Description
In the Linux kernel through 4.14.13, drivers/block/loop.c mishandles lo_release serialization, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (__lock_acquire use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel
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