CVE-2020-12770 Affecting perf-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.14.181-108.257.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-PERFDEBUGINFO-1721958
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed9 May 2020

Introduced: 9 May 2020

CVE-2020-12770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 perf-debuginfo to version 0:4.14.181-108.257.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2020-1377.

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:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.6.11. sg_write lacks an sg_remove_request call in a certain failure case, aka CID-83c6f2390040.

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