Memory Leak Affecting kernel-livepatch-4.14.171-136.231 package, versions <0:1.0-0.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.99% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-KERNELLIVEPATCH414171136231-1678447
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed30 Dec 2019

Introduced: 30 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-20096  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-livepatch-4.14.171-136.231 to version 0:1.0-0.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1399.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-4.14.171-136.231 package and not the kernel-livepatch-4.14.171-136.231 package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel before 5.1, there is a memory leak in __feat_register_sp() in net/dccp/feat.c, which may cause denial of service, aka CID-1d3ff0950e2b.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1