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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2019-19462: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2020-1401)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2019-19462: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2020-1401)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
11/30/2019
Created
07/21/2020
Added
07/18/2020
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

relay_open in kernel/relay.c in the Linux kernel through 5.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (such as relay blockage) by triggering a NULL alloc_percpu result.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

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