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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-5344: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2018-956)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-5344: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2018-956)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/12/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/22/2018
Modified
10/14/2022

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(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

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