Use After Free Affecting perf-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.14.294-220.533.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-PERFDEBUGINFO-3042603
  • published12 Oct 2022
  • disclosed8 Jan 2024

Introduced: 12 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-2588  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 perf-debuginfo to version 0:4.14.294-220.533.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1852.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf-debuginfo package and not the perf-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

It was discovered that the cls_route filter implementation in the Linux kernel would not remove an old filter from the hashtable before freeing it if its handle had the value 0.

CVSS Scores

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