ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2023-052

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-20588  

A division-by-zero error on some AMD processors can potentially return speculative data resulting in loss of confidentiality. (CVE-2023-20588)

ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2023-052


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASKERNEL-5.4-2023-052
Advisory Release Date: 2023-08-31 22:45 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-09-06 20:30 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

A division-by-zero error on some AMD processors can potentially return speculative data resulting in loss of confidentiality. (CVE-2023-20588)


Affected Packages:

kernel


Issue Correction:
Run yum update kernel to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    kernel-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.4.254-169.358.amzn2.x86_64