<p>Upgrade <code>Amazon-Linux:2</code> <code>kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64</code> to version 0:4.14.192-147.314.amzn2 or higher.<br>This issue was patched in <code>ALAS2-2020-1480</code>.</p>

Memory Leak Affecting kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 package, versions <0:4.14.192-147.314.amzn2

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Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNELDEBUGINFOCOMMONX8664-1683205
published 27 Sep 2021
disclosed 7 Nov 2019

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Introduced: 7 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-18808 Open this link in a new tab CWE-401 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 to version 0:4.14.192-147.314.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1480.

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.

A memory leak in the ccp_run_sha_cmd() function in drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-ops.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-128c66429247.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

Local
Attack Complexity (AC)

Low
Privileges Required (PR)

Low
User Interaction (UI)

None

Scope (S)

Unchanged

Confidentiality (C)

None
Integrity (I)

None
Availability (A)

High

Memory Leak Affecting kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 package, versions <0:4.14.192-147.314.amzn2

Severity

Based on Amazon Linux security rating