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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2021-38205: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2021-1539)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2021-38205: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2021-1539)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
08/08/2021
Created
10/07/2021
Added
10/05/2021
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.3 makes it easier for attackers to defeat an ASLR protection mechanism because it prints a kernel pointer (i.e., the real IOMEM pointer).

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

References

  • ALAS-2021-1539
  • CVE-2021-38205
  • USN-5092-1
  • USN-5092-2
  • USN-5092-3
  • USN-5094-1
  • USN-5094-2
  • USN-5096-1
  • USN-5115-1
  • USN-5116-1
  • USN-5116-2
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