Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel package, versions <0:4.14.192-147.314.amzn2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNEL-1683533
- published 27 Sep 2021
- disclosed 5 May 2020
Introduced: 5 May 2020
CVE-2020-12655 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel to version 0:4.14.192-147.314.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1480.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in xfs_agf_verify in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c in the Linux kernel through 5.6.10. Attackers may trigger a sync of excessive duration via an XFS v5 image with crafted metadata, aka CID-d0c7feaf8767.
References
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0001/
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-12655
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ES5C6ZCMALBEBMKNNCTBSLLSYGFZG3FF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IO5XIQSRI747P4RVVTNX7TUPEOCF4OPU/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IZ2X3TM6RGRUS3KZAS26IJO5XGU7TBBR/
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d0c7feaf87678371c2c09b3709400be416b2dc62
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d0c7feaf87678371c2c09b3709400be416b2dc62
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-xfs/20200221153803.GP9506@magnolia/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00019.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4465-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4483-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4485-1/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ES5C6ZCMALBEBMKNNCTBSLLSYGFZG3FF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IO5XIQSRI747P4RVVTNX7TUPEOCF4OPU/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IZ2X3TM6RGRUS3KZAS26IJO5XGU7TBBR/
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-xfs/20200221153803.GP9506%40magnolia/
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