Use After Free Affecting kernel-tools-devel package, versions <0:4.14.214-160.339.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.13% (63rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-KERNELTOOLSDEVEL-1693480
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed9 Dec 2020

Introduced: 9 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-29661  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-667  (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.

A locking issue was discovered in the tty subsystem of the Linux kernel through 5.9.13. drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c allows a use-after-free attack against TIOCSPGRP, aka CID-54ffccbf053b.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1