Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-tools-devel package, versions <0:4.14.173-137.228.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-KERNELTOOLSDEVEL-1678786
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed24 Mar 2020

Introduced: 24 Mar 2020

CVE-2020-10942  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-tools-devel to version 0:4.14.173-137.228.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1405.

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.

In the Linux kernel before 5.5.8, get_raw_socket in drivers/vhost/net.c lacks validation of an sk_family field, which might allow attackers to trigger kernel stack corruption via crafted system calls.

CVSS Scores

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