A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel's performance monitoring subsystem when using PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER. This flaw allows a local user to starve the resources, causing a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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Amazon Linux 1 | kernel | 2021-01-12 22:51 | ALAS-2021-1461 |
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | kernel | 2020-12-08 20:55 | ALAS2-2020-1566 |
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra | kernel | 2022-01-20 19:50 | ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-018 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 6.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |