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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2021-3347: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2021-1480)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2021-3347: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2021-1480)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/29/2021
Created
02/20/2021
Added
02/18/2021
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.10.11. PI futexes have a kernel stack use-after-free during fault handling, allowing local users to execute code in the kernel, aka CID-34b1a1ce1458.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

References

  • ALAS-2021-1480
  • CVE-2021-3347
  • USN-4878-1
  • USN-4884-1
  • USN-4907-1
  • USN-4910-1

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