SB2022042018 - Amazon Linux AMI update for kernel
Published: April 20, 2022 Updated: April 11, 2023
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-26490)
CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the st21nfca_connectivity_event_received() function in drivers/nfc/st21nfca/se.c in Linux kernel. A local user can run a specially crafted program to trigger buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
2) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-27666)
CWE-ID: CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within IPsec ESP transformation code in net/ipv4/esp4.c and net/ipv6/esp6.c in Linux kernel. A local unprivileged user can pass specially crafted data to the system, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
3) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28356)
CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak in net/llc/af_llc.c component. A remote attacker can force the system to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.