<p>Upgrade <code>Amazon-Linux:2</code> <code>kernel-tools-devel</code> to version 0:4.14.268-205.500.amzn2 or higher.<br>This issue was patched in <code>ALAS2-2022-1761</code>.</p>

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere Affecting kernel-tools-devel package, versions <0:4.14.268-205.500.amzn2

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0.04% (14^th percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNELTOOLSDEVEL-2421118
published 11 Mar 2022
disclosed 11 Mar 2022

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Introduced: 11 Mar 2022

CVE-2021-26341 Open this link in a new tab CWE-668 Open this link in a new tab CWE-552 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-tools-devel to version 0:4.14.268-205.500.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1761.

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.

Some AMD CPUs may transiently execute beyond unconditional direct branches, which may potentially result in data leakage.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

Local
Attack Complexity (AC)

Low
Privileges Required (PR)

Low
User Interaction (UI)

None

Scope (S)

Changed

Confidentiality (C)

High
Integrity (I)

None
Availability (A)

None

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere Affecting kernel-tools-devel package, versions <0:4.14.268-205.500.amzn2

Severity

Based on Amazon Linux security rating