Improper Initialization Affecting kernel-tools-devel package, versions <0:4.14.296-222.539.amzn2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNELTOOLSDEVEL-3110141
- published 9 Nov 2022
- disclosed 18 Sep 2022
How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-tools-devel to version 0:4.14.296-222.539.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1876.
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.
drivers/scsi/stex.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.9 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory because stex_queuecommand_lck lacks a memset for the PASSTHRU_CMD case.
References
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-40768
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/19/1
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/drivers/scsi/stex.c
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGHENNMLCWIQV2LLA56BJNFIUZ7WB4IY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S2KTU5LFZNQS7YNGE56MT46VHMXL3DD2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VNN3VFQPECS6D4PS6ZWD7AFXTOSJDSSR/
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220908145154.2284098-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/09/1
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGHENNMLCWIQV2LLA56BJNFIUZ7WB4IY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S2KTU5LFZNQS7YNGE56MT46VHMXL3DD2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VNN3VFQPECS6D4PS6ZWD7AFXTOSJDSSR/
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220908145154.2284098-1-gregkh%40linuxfoundation.org/
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6022f210461fef67e6e676fd8544ca02d1bcfa7a