Use After Free Affecting kernel package, versions <0:4.14.214-160.339.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-KERNEL-1693443
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed9 Dec 2020

Introduced: 9 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-29660  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-667  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel to version 0:4.14.214-160.339.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2021-1588.

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.

A locking inconsistency issue was discovered in the tty subsystem of the Linux kernel through 5.9.13. drivers/tty/tty_io.c and drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c may allow a read-after-free attack against TIOCGSID, aka CID-c8bcd9c5be24.

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