Use After Free Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:4.14.200-116.320.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-KERNELTOOLS-1724004
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed8 Dec 2019

Introduced: 8 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-19448  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 kernel-tools to version 0:4.14.200-116.320.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2020-1437.

NVD Description

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

In the Linux kernel 5.0.21 and 5.3.11, mounting a crafted btrfs filesystem image, performing some operations, and then making a syncfs system call can lead to a use-after-free in try_merge_free_space in fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c because the pointer to a left data structure can be the same as the pointer to a right data structure.

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