CVE-2022-23960 Affecting kernel-tools-devel package, versions <0:4.14.268-205.500.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-KERNELTOOLSDEVEL-2421146
  • published11 Mar 2022
  • disclosed13 Mar 2022

Introduced: 11 Mar 2022

CVE-2022-23960  (opens 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.

Certain Arm Cortex and Neoverse processors through 2022-03-08 do not properly restrict cache speculation, aka Spectre-BHB. An attacker can leverage the shared branch history in the Branch History Buffer (BHB) to influence mispredicted branches. Then, cache allocation can allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information.

CVSS Scores

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