Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting kernel-tools-devel package, versions <0:4.14.214-160.339.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-KERNELTOOLSDEVEL-1693364
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed15 Dec 2020

Introduced: 15 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-29568  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-tools-devel to version 0:4.14.214-160.339.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2021-1588.

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 Xen through 4.14.x. Some OSes (such as Linux, FreeBSD, and NetBSD) are processing watch events using a single thread. If the events are received faster than the thread is able to handle, they will get queued. As the queue is unbounded, a guest may be able to trigger an OOM in the backend. All systems with a FreeBSD, Linux, or NetBSD (any version) dom0 are vulnerable.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1