Low: kernel

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)

Note: The Release Date is incorrect. This CVE was fixed July 2018

Affected Packages:

kernel

Issue Correction:
Run _yum update kernel _ and reboot the instance to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:  
    kernel-headers-4.14.55-62.37.amzn1.i686  
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.55-62.37.amzn1.i686  
    kernel-tools-4.14.55-62.37.amzn1.i686  
    kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-4.14.55-62.37.amzn1.i686  
    kernel-devel-4.14.55-62.37.amzn1.i686  
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.55-62.37.amzn1.i686  
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.55-62.37.amzn1.i686  
    perf-4.14.55-62.37.amzn1.i686  
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.55-62.37.amzn1.i686  
    kernel-4.14.55-62.37.amzn1.i686  
  
src:  
    kernel-4.14.55-62.37.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    kernel-4.14.55-62.37.amzn1.x86_64  
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.55-62.37.amzn1.x86_64  
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.55-62.37.amzn1.x86_64  
    kernel-devel-4.14.55-62.37.amzn1.x86_64  
    kernel-tools-4.14.55-62.37.amzn1.x86_64  
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.55-62.37.amzn1.x86_64  
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.55-62.37.amzn1.x86_64  
    perf-4.14.55-62.37.amzn1.x86_64  
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.55-62.37.amzn1.x86_64  
    kernel-headers-4.14.55-62.37.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2018-9516

Mitre: CVE-2018-9516