Race Condition Affecting kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 package, versions <0:4.14.281-212.502.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNELDEBUGINFOCOMMONX8664-2863062
  • published 8 Jun 2022
  • disclosed 1 Sep 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 to version 0:4.14.281-212.502.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1798.

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 race condition was found the Linux kernel in perf_event_open() which can be exploited by an unprivileged user to gain root privileges. The bug allows to build several exploit primitives such as kernel address information leak, arbitrary execution, etc.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

7.4 high
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SUSE

8.2 high