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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2023-45871: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2023-1838)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2023-45871: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2023-1838)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/27/2023
Created
10/31/2023
Added
10/27/2023
Modified
01/08/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c in the IGB driver in the Linux kernel before 6.5.3. A buffer size may not be adequate for frames larger than the MTU.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

References

  • ALAS-2023-1838
  • CVE-2023-45871

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