An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 5.10.x before 5.10.155. A use-after-free in io_sqpoll_wait_sq in fs/io_uring.c allows an attacker to crash the kernel, resulting in denial of service. finish_wait can be skipped. An attack can occur in some situations by forking a process and then quickly terminating it. NOTE: later kernel versions, such as the 5.15 longterm series, substantially changed the implementation of io_sqpoll_wait_sq.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra | kernel | 2022-12-12 19:59 | ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-024 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 6.1 | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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 |