Use After Free Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:4.14.55-68.37.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.11% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-KERNELTOOLS-1663343
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed24 May 2018

Introduced: 24 May 2018

CVE-2018-11412  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-tools to version 0:4.14.55-68.37.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2018-1046.

NVD Description

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

In the Linux kernel 4.13 through 4.16.11, ext4_read_inline_data() in fs/ext4/inline.c performs a memcpy with an untrusted length value in certain circumstances involving a crafted filesystem that stores the system.data extended attribute value in a dedicated inode.