Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2022-090
Advisory Released Date: 2022-07-21
Advisory Updated Date: 2022-07-21
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Netfilter subsystem in the way a user provides incorrect input of the NFT_DATA_VERDICT type. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2022-34918)
Affected Packages:
kernel-livepatch-5.10.126-117.518
Issue Correction:
Please ensure you have live patching enabled.
Run yum update kernel-livepatch-5.10.126-117.518 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
kernel-livepatch-5.10.126-117.518-1.0-2.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-livepatch-5.10.126-117.518-debuginfo-1.0-2.amzn2.aarch64
src:
kernel-livepatch-5.10.126-117.518-1.0-2.amzn2.src
x86_64:
kernel-livepatch-5.10.126-117.518-1.0-2.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-livepatch-5.10.126-117.518-debuginfo-1.0-2.amzn2.x86_64