Race Condition Affecting kernel-tools-devel package, versions <0:4.14.77-80.57.amzn2
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- published27 Sept 2021
- disclosed3 Oct 2018
Introduced: 3 Oct 2018
CVE-2018-17972 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-tools-devel to version 0:4.14.77-80.57.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2018-1100.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-devel package and not the kernel-tools-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in the proc_pid_stack function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel through 4.18.11. It does not ensure that only root may inspect the kernel stack of an arbitrary task, allowing a local attacker to exploit racy stack unwinding and leak kernel task stack contents.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105525
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K27673650?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-17972
- https://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=153806242024956&w=2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0512
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0514
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0831
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2473
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00043.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3821-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3821-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3832-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3835-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-3/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-4/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-5/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3880-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3880-2/
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K27673650?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS