ALAS2-2020-1399


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2020-1399
Advisory Release Date: 2020-03-02 23:44 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2020-03-06 22:38 Pacific
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

In the Linux kernel before 5.1, there is a memory leak in __feat_register_sp() in net/dccp/feat.c, which may cause denial of service, aka CID-1d3ff0950e2b. (CVE-2019-20096)

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.10. SMB2_negotiate in fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c has an out-of-bounds read because data structures are incompletely updated after a change from smb30 to smb21. (CVE-2019-15918)


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-4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-livepatch-4.14.171-136.231-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64