vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2020-29568: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2021-1477)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Dec 15, 2020 | Jan 27, 2021 | Oct 14, 2022 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Dec 15, 2020
Added
Jan 27, 2021
Modified
Oct 14, 2022
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. Some OSes (such as Linux, FreeBSD, and NetBSD) are processing watch events using a single thread. If the events are received faster than the thread is able to handle, they will get queued. As the queue is unbounded, a guest may be able to trigger an OOM in the backend. All systems with a FreeBSD, Linux, or NetBSD (any version) dom0 are vulnerable.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel
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