Out-of-bounds Read Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:6.1.41-63.114.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELHEADERS-5836711
  • published10 Aug 2023
  • disclosed31 May 2023

Introduced: 31 May 2023

CVE-2022-48502  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-headers to version 0:6.1.41-63.114.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-285.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-headers package and not the kernel-headers package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.2. The ntfs3 subsystem does not properly check for correctness during disk reads, leading to an out-of-bounds read in ntfs_set_ea in fs/ntfs3/xattr.c.

CVSS Scores

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