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)

Affected Packages:

kernel

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

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

New Packages:

i686:  
    kernel-headers-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.i686  
  
src:  
    kernel-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.src  
  
x86_64:  
    kernel-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.x86_64  
    kernel-headers-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.x86_64  
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.x86_64  
    perf-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.x86_64  
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.x86_64  
    python-perf-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.x86_64  
    python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.x86_64  
    kernel-tools-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.x86_64  
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.x86_64  
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.x86_64  
    kernel-devel-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.x86_64  
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.55-68.37.amzn2.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2018-9516

Mitre: CVE-2018-9516