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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-26373: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2022-1645)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-26373: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2022-1645)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/12/2022
Created
12/12/2022
Added
12/10/2022
Modified
12/10/2022

Description

Non-transparent sharing of return predictor targets between contexts in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authorized user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

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