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Use After Free Affecting kernel-tools-devel package, versions <0:4.14.94-89.73.amzn2

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNELTOOLSDEVEL-1668637
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 18 Dec 2018
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Introduced: 18 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-16884 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-tools-devel to version 0:4.14.94-89.73.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2019-1149.

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.

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NFS41+ subsystem. NFS41+ shares mounted in different network namespaces at the same time can make bc_svc_process() use wrong back-channel IDs and cause a use-after-free vulnerability. Thus a malicious container user can cause a host kernel memory corruption and a system panic. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out.

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CVSS Scores

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NVD

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