Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2019-1278
Advisory Released Date: 2019-09-13
Advisory Updated Date: 2019-09-19
Severity:
Low
Issue Overview:
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in the hid_debug_events_read() function in the drivers/hid/hid-debug.c file. A lack of the certain checks may allow a privileged user ("root") to achieve an out-of-bounds write and thus receiving user space buffer corruption. (CVE-2018-9516)
Affected Packages:
kernel
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update kernel or yum update --advisory ALAS2-2019-1278 to update your system.
New Packages:
i686:
kernel-headers-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.i686
src:
kernel-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.src
x86_64:
kernel-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-headers-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.x86_64
perf-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.x86_64
perf-debuginfo-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-devel-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-devel-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.x86_64