ALAS2-2019-1280

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-15594   CVE-2018-9363  

A buffer overflow due to a singed-unsigned comparsion was found in hidp_process_report() in the net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c in the Linux kernel. The buffer length is an unsigned int but gets cast to a signed int which in certain conditions can lead to a system panic and a denial-of-service. (CVE-2018-9363) It was found that paravirt_patch_call/jump() functions in the arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c in the Linux kernel mishandles certain indirect calls, which makes it easier for attackers to conduct Spectre-v2 attacks against paravirtualized guests. (CVE-2018-15594)

ALAS2-2019-1280


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2019-1280
Advisory Release Date: 2019-09-13 23:09 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2019-09-19 16:05 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

A buffer overflow due to a singed-unsigned comparsion was found in hidp_process_report() in the net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c in the Linux kernel. The buffer length is an unsigned int but gets cast to a signed int which in certain conditions can lead to a system panic and a denial-of-service. (CVE-2018-9363)


It was found that paravirt_patch_call/jump() functions in the arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c in the Linux kernel mishandles certain indirect calls, which makes it easier for attackers to conduct Spectre-v2 attacks against paravirtualized guests. (CVE-2018-15594)


Affected Packages:

kernel


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

New Packages:
i686:
    kernel-headers-4.14.67-71.56.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-4.14.67-71.56.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-4.14.67-71.56.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-4.14.67-71.56.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.67-71.56.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-4.14.67-71.56.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.67-71.56.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-4.14.67-71.56.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.67-71.56.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-4.14.67-71.56.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.67-71.56.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.67-71.56.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-4.14.67-71.56.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.67-71.56.amzn2.x86_64