NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-livepatch-5.15.54-25.126 package, versions <0:1.0-0.amzn2022


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2022-KERNELLIVEPATCH5155425126-3000352
  • published29 Aug 2022
  • disclosed2 Jun 2022

Introduced: 2 Jun 2022

CVE-2022-1789  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2022 kernel-livepatch-5.15.54-25.126 to version 0:1.0-0.amzn2022 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2022-2022-114.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-5.15.54-25.126 package and not the kernel-livepatch-5.15.54-25.126 package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2022 relevant fixed versions and status.

With shadow paging enabled, the INVPCID instruction results in a call to kvm_mmu_invpcid_gva. If INVPCID is executed with CR0.PG=0, the invlpg callback is not set and the result is a NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS Base Scores

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