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Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASKERNEL-5.4-2022-017
Advisory Release Date: 2022-01-20 19:33 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2022-01-28 17:22 Pacific
Severity:
Important
References:
CVE-2020-25211
Issue Overview:
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A local attacker, able to inject conntrack netlink configuration, could overflow a local buffer causing crashes or triggering the use of incorrect protocol numbers in ctnetlink_parse_tuple_filter in net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. (CVE-2020-25211)
Affected Packages:
kernel
Issue Correction:
Run yum update kernel to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
kernel-5.4.74-36.135.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-headers-5.4.74-36.135.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.4.74-36.135.amzn2.aarch64
perf-5.4.74-36.135.amzn2.aarch64
perf-debuginfo-5.4.74-36.135.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-5.4.74-36.135.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.74-36.135.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-5.4.74-36.135.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-devel-5.4.74-36.135.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.74-36.135.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-devel-5.4.74-36.135.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-5.4.74-36.135.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
kernel-headers-5.4.74-36.135.amzn2.i686
src:
kernel-5.4.74-36.135.amzn2.src
x86_64:
kernel-5.4.74-36.135.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-headers-5.4.74-36.135.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.4.74-36.135.amzn2.x86_64
perf-5.4.74-36.135.amzn2.x86_64
perf-debuginfo-5.4.74-36.135.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-5.4.74-36.135.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.74-36.135.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-5.4.74-36.135.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-devel-5.4.74-36.135.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.74-36.135.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-devel-5.4.74-36.135.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-5.4.74-36.135.amzn2.x86_64