Important: kernel

Issue Overview:

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in smbCalcSize in fs/smb/client/netmisc.c in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow a local attacker to crash the system or leak internal kernel information. (CVE-2023-6606)

Affected Packages:

kernel

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

New Packages:

i686:  
    kernel-tools-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.i686  
    kernel-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.i686  
    kernel-devel-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.i686  
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.i686  
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.i686  
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.i686  
    kernel-headers-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.i686  
    perf-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.i686  
    kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.i686  
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.i686  
  
src:  
    kernel-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.x86_64  
    kernel-devel-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.x86_64  
    kernel-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.x86_64  
    kernel-tools-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.x86_64  
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.x86_64  
    kernel-headers-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.x86_64  
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.x86_64  
    perf-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.x86_64  
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.x86_64  
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.336-178.554.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2023-6606

Mitre: CVE-2023-6606