Resource Management Errors Affecting kernel-tools-debuginfo package, versions <0:3.2.30-49.59.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-KERNELTOOLSDEBUGINFO-1665622
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed13 Jun 2012

Introduced: 13 Jun 2012

CVE-2012-2390  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 kernel-tools-debuginfo to version 0:3.2.30-49.59.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2012-133.

NVD Description

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

Memory leak in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or system crash) via invalid MAP_HUGETLB mmap operations.

CVSS Scores

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