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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2019-11815: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2019-1212)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2019-11815: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2019-1212)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/08/2019
Created
05/24/2019
Added
05/22/2019
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

An issue was discovered in rds_tcp_kill_sock in net/rds/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 5.0.8. There is a race condition leading to a use-after-free, related to net namespace cleanup.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

References

  • ALAS-2019-1212
  • USN-4005-1
  • USN-4008-1
  • USN-4008-2
  • USN-4008-3
  • USN-4068-1
  • USN-4068-2
  • USN-4118-1
  • CVE-2019-11815
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