ALAS2-2018-971

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-1068  

Out-of-bounds write via userland offsets in ebt_entry struct in netfilter/ebtables.c:A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of 32-bit syscall interface for bridging. This allowed a privileged user to arbitrarily write to a limited range of kernel memory. (CVE-2018-1068)

ALAS2-2018-971


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2018-971
Advisory Release Date: 2018-03-16 16:18 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2018-03-16 22:56 Pacific
Severity: Important
References: CVE-2018-1068 

Issue Overview:

Out-of-bounds write via userland offsets in ebt_entry struct in netfilter/ebtables.c:
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of 32-bit syscall interface for bridging. This allowed a privileged user to arbitrarily write to a limited range of kernel memory. (CVE-2018-1068)


Affected Packages:

kernel


Issue Correction:
Run yum update kernel to update your system. You will need to reboot your system in order for the new kernel to be running.

New Packages:
noarch:
    kernel-doc-4.9.85-47.59.amzn2.noarch

src:
    kernel-4.9.85-47.59.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-4.9.85-47.59.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-4.9.85-47.59.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.9.85-47.59.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-4.9.85-47.59.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-4.9.85-47.59.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-4.9.85-47.59.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-4.9.85-47.59.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-4.9.85-47.59.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.9.85-47.59.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.9.85-47.59.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-4.9.85-47.59.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.9.85-47.59.amzn2.x86_64