A flaw use after free in the Linux kernel NILFS file system was found in the way user triggers function security_inode_alloc to fail with following call to function nilfs_mdt_destroy. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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Amazon Linux 1 | kernel | 2022-12-01 17:33 | ALAS-2022-1645 |
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | kernel | 2022-10-31 19:40 | ALAS2-2022-1876 |
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra | kernel | 2022-10-31 21:49 | ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-022 |
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra | kernel | 2022-10-17 22:06 | ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2022-009 |
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra | kernel | 2022-10-31 21:49 | ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-038 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |