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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2021-4155: Security patch for kernel ((Multiple Advisories))

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2021-4155: Security patch for kernel ((Multiple Advisories))

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/10/2022
Created
02/10/2022
Added
02/08/2022
Modified
02/23/2023

Description

A data leak flaw was found in the way XFS_IOC_ALLOCSP IOCTL in the XFS filesystem allowed for size increase of files with unaligned size. A local attacker could use this flaw to leak data on the XFS filesystem otherwise not accessible to them.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

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