Race Condition Affecting kernel-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.9.20-10.30.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-KERNELDEBUGINFO-1705837
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed18 Feb 2017

Introduced: 18 Feb 2017

CVE-2017-5986  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 kernel-debuginfo to version 0:4.9.20-10.30.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2017-814.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debuginfo package and not the kernel-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Race condition in the sctp_wait_for_sndbuf function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and panic) via a multithreaded application that peels off an association in a certain buffer-full state.