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Amazon Linux Local Check: ALAS-2012-78
Information
Severity
Severity
Low
Family
Family
Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
1.2
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
7 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Insight
Insight
The rio_ioctl function in drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.7 does not restrict access to the SIOCSMIIREG command, which allows local users to write data to an Ethernet adapter via an ioctl call.
Solution
Solution
Run yum update kernel to update your system. You will need to reboot your system in order for the new kernel to be running.