QID 353145

Date Published: 2022-02-01

QID 353145: Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-006

a flaw was found in the linux kernel.
This flaw allows attackers to cause a denial of service (soft lockup) by triggering the destruction of a large sev vm, which requires unregistering many encrypted regions.
The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (
( CVE-2020-36311) a flaw was found in the linux kernels bpf subsystem, where protection against speculative execution attacks (spectre mitigation) can be bypassed.
The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality. (
( CVE-2021-33624) a vulnerability was found in the linux kernel.
Missing size validations on inbound sctp packets may allow the kernel to read uninitialized memory. (
( CVE-2021-3655) a lack of cpu resources in the linux kernel tracing module functionality was found in the way users use the trace ring buffer in specific way.
Only privileged local users (with cap_sys_admin capability) could use this flaw to starve the resources causing denial of service. (
( CVE-2021-3679) ** disputed ** in drivers/char/virtio_console.c in the linux kernel before 5.13.4, data corruption or loss can be triggered by an untrusted device that supplies a buf->len value exceeding the buffer size.
Note: the vendor indicates that the cited data corruption is not a vulnerability in any existing use case; the length validation was added solely for robustness in the face of anomalous host os behavior. (
( CVE-2021-38160) a flaw was found in the linux kernel, where it incorrectly computes the access permissions of a shadow page.
This issue leads to a missing guest protection page fault. (
( CVE-2021-38199)



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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a securitybreach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.2 severity.
  • Solution
    Please refer to Amazon advisory: ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-006 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.
    Vendor References
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-006 Amazon Linux 2 URL Logo alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALASKERNEL-5.4-2022-006.html