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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-29581: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2022-1591)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-29581: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2022-1591)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/17/2022
Created
06/14/2022
Added
06/10/2022
Modified
06/10/2022

Description

Improper Update of Reference Count vulnerability in net/sched of Linux Kernel allows local attacker to cause privilege escalation to root. This issue affects: Linux Kernel versions prior to 5.18; version 4.14 and later versions.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

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