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Out-of-bounds Read Affecting kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 package, versions <0:4.9.81-44.57.amzn2

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNELDEBUGINFOCOMMONX8664-1660829
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 18 Dec 2017
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Introduced: 18 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17741 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-125 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 to version 0:4.9.81-44.57.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2018-956.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 package and not the kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.14.7 allows attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory, aka a write_mmio stack-based out-of-bounds read, related to arch/x86/kvm/x86.c and include/trace/events/kvm.h.