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Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory: ALAS-2014-363
Advisory Release Date: 2014-06-15 16:30 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2014-09-19 10:25 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
References:
CVE-2014-3153
Issue Overview:
The futex_requeue function in kernel/futex.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.5 does not ensure that calls have two different futex addresses, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted FUTEX_REQUEUE command that facilitates unsafe waiter modification.
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:
i686:
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-3.10.42-52.145.amzn1.i686
kernel-3.10.42-52.145.amzn1.i686
perf-debuginfo-3.10.42-52.145.amzn1.i686
kernel-devel-3.10.42-52.145.amzn1.i686
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.42-52.145.amzn1.i686
kernel-headers-3.10.42-52.145.amzn1.i686
perf-3.10.42-52.145.amzn1.i686
noarch:
kernel-doc-3.10.42-52.145.amzn1.noarch
src:
kernel-3.10.42-52.145.amzn1.src
x86_64:
kernel-3.10.42-52.145.amzn1.x86_64
perf-3.10.42-52.145.amzn1.x86_64
perf-debuginfo-3.10.42-52.145.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-headers-3.10.42-52.145.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.10.42-52.145.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.42-52.145.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.42-52.145.amzn1.x86_64