vulnerability

Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-2978: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2022-1645)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
2022-08-24
Added
2022-12-10
Modified
2025-05-21

Description

A flaw use after free in the Linux kernel NILFS file system was found in the way user triggers function security_inode_alloc to fail with following call to function nilfs_mdt_destroy. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Solution

amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel
Title
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