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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-40768: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2022-1645)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-40768: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2022-1645)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/18/2022
Created
12/12/2022
Added
12/10/2022
Modified
05/24/2024

Description

drivers/scsi/stex.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.9 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory because stex_queuecommand_lck lacks a memset for the PASSTHRU_CMD case.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

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