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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2019-7308: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2019-1201)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2019-7308: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2019-1201)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
02/01/2019
Created
05/08/2019
Added
05/07/2019
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel before 4.20.6 performs undesirable out-of-bounds speculation on pointer arithmetic in various cases, including cases of different branches with different state or limits to sanitize, leading to side-channel attacks.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

References

  • ALAS-2019-1201
  • USN-3930-1
  • USN-3930-2
  • USN-3931-1
  • USN-3931-2
  • CVE-2019-7308

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