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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-1012: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2022-1604)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-1012: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2022-1604)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/08/2022
Created
07/16/2022
Added
07/08/2022
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

A memory leak problem was found in the TCP source port generation algorithm in net/ipv4/tcp.c due to the small table perturb size. This flaw may allow an attacker to information leak and may cause a denial of service problem.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

References

  • ALAS-2022-1604
  • CVE-2022-1012
  • USN-5471-1
  • USN-5594-1
  • USN-5599-1
  • USN-5602-1
  • USN-5616-1
  • USN-5623-1
  • USN-5630-1
  • USN-5639-1
  • USN-5647-1
  • USN-5654-1
  • USN-5660-1
  • USN-5669-1
  • USN-5669-2
  • USN-5678-1
  • USN-5679-1
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