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Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2022-1852: Important priority package update for kernel

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Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2022-1852: Important priority package update for kernel

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
06/01/2022
Created
02/14/2025
Added
02/17/2025
Modified
02/17/2025

Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s KVM module, which can lead to a denial of service in the x86_emulate_insn in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c. This flaw occurs while executing an illegal instruction in guest in the Intel CPU.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bpftool
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bpftool-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-x86-64
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-devel
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-headers
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-libbpf
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-libbpf-devel
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-libbpf-static
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-6-1-10-15-42
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-tools
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-tools-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-tools-devel
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-perf
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-perf-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-python3-perf
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-python3-perf-debuginfo

References

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