Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2019-1253
Advisory Release Date: 2019-08-05 17:48 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2019-08-09 13:18 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
There is a newly discovered variant side-channel attack of Spectre V1 which leverages SWAPGS instructions to bypass KPTI/KVA mitigations. This could lead to a kernel information disclosure. (CVE-2019-1125)
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:
aarch64:
kernel-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-headers-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2.aarch64
perf-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2.aarch64
perf-debuginfo-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-devel-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-devel-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
kernel-headers-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2.i686
src:
kernel-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2.src
x86_64:
kernel-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-headers-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2.x86_64
perf-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2.x86_64
perf-debuginfo-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-devel-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-devel-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2.x86_64