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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-0494: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2022-1604)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-0494: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2022-1604)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
03/25/2022
Created
07/16/2022
Added
07/08/2022
Modified
07/08/2022

Description

A kernel information leak flaw was identified in the scsi_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/scsi_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a local attacker with a special user privilege (CAP_SYS_ADMIN or CAP_SYS_RAWIO) to create issues with confidentiality.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

References

  • ALAS-2022-1604
  • CVE-2022-0494
  • USN-5381-1

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