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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2019-10142: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2019-1214)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2019-10142: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2019-1214)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/29/2019
Created
06/04/2019
Added
05/31/2019
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's freescale hypervisor manager implementation, kernel versions 5.0.x up to, excluding 5.0.17. A parameter passed to an ioctl was incorrectly validated and used in size calculations for the page size calculation. An attacker can use this flaw to crash the system, corrupt memory, or create other adverse security affects.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

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