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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2021-27364: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2021-1487)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2021-27364: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2021-1487)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/07/2021
Created
03/23/2021
Added
03/20/2021
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.11.3. drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c is adversely affected by the ability of an unprivileged user to craft Netlink messages.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

References

  • ALAS-2021-1487
  • CVE-2021-27364
  • USN-4883-1
  • USN-4887-1
  • USN-4889-1
  • USN-4901-1

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