Information Exposure Affecting kernel-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.14.294-220.533.amzn2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNELDEBUGINFO-3042891
- published 12 Oct 2022
- disclosed 24 Aug 2022
How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-debuginfo to version 0:4.14.294-220.533.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1852.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debuginfo package and not the kernel-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's EBPF verifier when handling internal data structures. Internal memory locations could be returned to userspace. A local attacker with the permissions to insert eBPF code to the kernel can use this to leak internal kernel memory details defeating some of the exploit mitigations in place for the kernel.
References
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-4159
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4159
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2036024
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=294f2fc6da27620a506e6c050241655459ccd6bd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00000.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-4159