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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2020-12657: Security patch for kernel ((Multiple Advisories))

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2020-12657: Security patch for kernel ((Multiple Advisories))

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/05/2020
Created
06/20/2020
Added
06/18/2020
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6.5. There is a use-after-free in block/bfq-iosched.c related to bfq_idle_slice_timer_body.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

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