Race Condition Affecting perf-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.14.165-102.185.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-PERFDEBUGINFO-6839851
  • published14 May 2024
  • disclosed25 Dec 2019

Introduced: 25 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-19965  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 perf-debuginfo to version 0:4.14.165-102.185.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2020-1338.

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.

In the Linux kernel through 5.4.6, there is a NULL pointer dereference in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_discover.c because of mishandling of port disconnection during discovery, related to a PHY down race condition, aka CID-f70267f379b5.

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