Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2016-740
Advisory Release Date: 2016-09-01 18:00 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2016-09-01 18:00 Pacific
A use after free vulnerability was found in tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue and other tcp_* functions.
Affected Packages:
kernel
Issue Correction:
Run yum update kernel to update your system. You will need to reboot your system in order for the new kernel to be running.
i686:
kernel-devel-4.4.19-29.55.amzn1.i686
kernel-headers-4.4.19-29.55.amzn1.i686
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-4.4.19-29.55.amzn1.i686
kernel-tools-4.4.19-29.55.amzn1.i686
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.4.19-29.55.amzn1.i686
kernel-debuginfo-4.4.19-29.55.amzn1.i686
kernel-tools-devel-4.4.19-29.55.amzn1.i686
kernel-4.4.19-29.55.amzn1.i686
perf-debuginfo-4.4.19-29.55.amzn1.i686
perf-4.4.19-29.55.amzn1.i686
noarch:
kernel-doc-4.4.19-29.55.amzn1.noarch
src:
kernel-4.4.19-29.55.amzn1.src
x86_64:
kernel-debuginfo-4.4.19-29.55.amzn1.x86_64
perf-4.4.19-29.55.amzn1.x86_64
perf-debuginfo-4.4.19-29.55.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-tools-4.4.19-29.55.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-tools-devel-4.4.19-29.55.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.4.19-29.55.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-4.4.19-29.55.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-devel-4.4.19-29.55.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-headers-4.4.19-29.55.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.4.19-29.55.amzn1.x86_64