Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2022-1581
Advisory Release Date: 2022-04-18 19:46 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2022-04-19 18:47 Pacific
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity
A buffer overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NFC protocol functionality. This flaw allows a local user to crash or escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2022-26490)
A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in IPsec ESP transformation code in net/ipv4/esp4.c and net/ipv6/esp6.c. This flaw allows a local attacker with a normal user privilege to overwrite kernel heap objects and may cause a local privilege escalation threat. (CVE-2022-27666)
In the Linux kernel before 5.17.1, a refcount leak bug was found in net/llc/af_llc.c. (CVE-2022-28356)
Affected Packages:
kernel
Issue Correction:
Run yum update kernel to update your system.
i686:
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-4.14.275-142.503.amzn1.i686
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.275-142.503.amzn1.i686
kernel-headers-4.14.275-142.503.amzn1.i686
kernel-devel-4.14.275-142.503.amzn1.i686
kernel-tools-devel-4.14.275-142.503.amzn1.i686
kernel-tools-4.14.275-142.503.amzn1.i686
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.275-142.503.amzn1.i686
kernel-4.14.275-142.503.amzn1.i686
perf-4.14.275-142.503.amzn1.i686
perf-debuginfo-4.14.275-142.503.amzn1.i686
src:
kernel-4.14.275-142.503.amzn1.src
x86_64:
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.275-142.503.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.275-142.503.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-4.14.275-142.503.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-tools-devel-4.14.275-142.503.amzn1.x86_64
perf-debuginfo-4.14.275-142.503.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-devel-4.14.275-142.503.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-tools-4.14.275-142.503.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-headers-4.14.275-142.503.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.275-142.503.amzn1.x86_64
perf-4.14.275-142.503.amzn1.x86_64