Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASKERNEL-5.4-2022-025
Advisory Release Date: 2022-04-18 19:49 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2022-04-19 22:15 Pacific
A buffer overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NFC protocol functionality. This flaw allows a local user to crash or escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2022-26490)
A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in IPsec ESP transformation code in net/ipv4/esp4.c and net/ipv6/esp6.c. This flaw allows a local attacker with a normal user privilege to overwrite kernel heap objects and may cause a local privilege escalation threat. (CVE-2022-27666)
In the Linux kernel before 5.17.1, a refcount leak bug was found in net/llc/af_llc.c. (CVE-2022-28356)
Affected Packages:
kernel
Issue Correction:
Run yum update kernel to update your system.
aarch64:
kernel-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-headers-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.aarch64
perf-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.aarch64
perf-debuginfo-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-devel-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.aarch64
bpftool-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.aarch64
bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-devel-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
kernel-headers-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.i686
src:
kernel-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.src
x86_64:
kernel-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-headers-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.x86_64
perf-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.x86_64
perf-debuginfo-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-devel-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.x86_64
bpftool-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.x86_64
bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-devel-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-5.4.188-104.359.amzn2.x86_64