Use After Free Affecting kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 package, versions <0:4.14.294-220.533.amzn2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNELDEBUGINFOCOMMONX8664-7446718
- published 13 Jul 2024
- disclosed 9 Oct 2022
Introduced: 9 Oct 2022
CVE-2022-42703 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 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-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.
mm/rmap.c in the Linux kernel before 5.19.7 has a use-after-free related to leaf anon_vma double reuse.
References
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-42703
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2351
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19.7
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2555283eb40df89945557273121e9393ef9b542b
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2555283eb40df89945557273121e9393ef9b542b
- https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2022/12/exploiting-CVE-2022-42703-bringing-back-the-stack-attack.html
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