vulnerability

Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-1016: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2022-1577)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
2022-04-04
Added
2022-04-07
Modified
2025-05-21

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:nft_do_chain, which can cause a use-after-free. This issue needs to handle 'return' with proper preconditions, as it can lead to a kernel information leak problem caused by a local, unprivileged attacker.

Solution

amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel
Title
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