Sensitive Information Uncleared Before Release Affecting kernel package, versions <0:4.14.276-211.499.amzn2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNEL-5847866
- published 22 Aug 2023
- disclosed 27 Mar 2023
How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel to version 0:4.14.276-211.499.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1793.
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 flaw that boot CPU could be vulnerable for the speculative execution behavior kind of attacks in the Linux kernel X86 CPU Power management options functionality was found in the way user resuming CPU from suspend-to-RAM. A local user could use this flaw to potentially get unauthorized access to some memory of the CPU similar to the speculative execution behavior kind of attacks.