Out-of-bounds Read Affecting kernel-tools-devel package, versions <0:4.14.225-168.357.amzn2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNELTOOLSDEVEL-1697846
- published 27 Sep 2021
- disclosed 7 Mar 2021
Introduced: 7 Mar 2021
CVE-2021-27364 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-tools-devel to version 0:4.14.225-168.357.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2021-1616.
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 the Linux kernel through 5.11.3. drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c is adversely affected by the ability of an unprivileged user to craft Netlink messages.
References
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210409-0001/
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-27364
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162117/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0075-1.html
- https://blog.grimm-co.com/2021/03/new-old-bugs-in-linux-kernel.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182717
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=688e8128b7a92df982709a4137ea4588d16f24aa
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/06/1
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00010.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00035.html
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