A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. When changing screen size, an out-of-bounds memory write can occur leading to memory corruption or a denial of service. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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Amazon Linux 1 | kernel | 2020-10-26 18:08 | ALAS-2020-1437 |
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | kernel | 2020-10-22 18:07 | ALAS2-2020-1520 |
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra | kernel | 2022-01-20 19:31 | ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-016 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 5.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 5.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H |