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Out-of-Bounds Affecting kernel-tools-devel package, versions <0:4.14.186-146.268.amzn2

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNELTOOLSDEVEL-1682573
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 9 Jun 2020
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Introduced: 9 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-10757 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-843 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-tools-devel to version 0:4.14.186-146.268.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1465.

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 in versions after 4.5-rc1 in the way mremap handled DAX Huge Pages. This flaw allows a local attacker with access to a DAX enabled storage to escalate their privileges on the system.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

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

7 high
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SUSE

8.4 high