Race Condition Affecting kernel package, versions <0:4.14.165-131.185.amzn2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNEL-6854247
- published 16 May 2024
- disclosed 25 Dec 2019
How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel to version 0:4.14.165-131.185.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1392.
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.
In the Linux kernel through 5.4.6, there is a NULL pointer dereference in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_discover.c because of mishandling of port disconnection during discovery, related to a PHY down race condition, aka CID-f70267f379b5.
References
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-19965
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f70267f379b5e5e11bdc5d72a56bf17e5feed01f
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200204-0002/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4284-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4285-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4286-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4286-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-2/