Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2013-154
Advisory Release Date: 2013-02-04 15:45 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2014-09-15 22:27 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
The xen_failsafe_callback function in Xen for the Linux kernel 2.6.23 and other versions, when running a 32-bit PVOPS guest, allows local users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) by triggering an iret fault, leading to use of an incorrect stack pointer and stack corruption.
Affected Packages:
kernel, nvidia
Issue Correction:
Run yum update kernel nvidia to update your system. You will need to reboot your system in order for the new kernel to be running.
New Packages:
i686:
kernel-tools-3.2.37-2.47.amzn1.i686
kernel-headers-3.2.37-2.47.amzn1.i686
kernel-debuginfo-3.2.37-2.47.amzn1.i686
kernel-devel-3.2.37-2.47.amzn1.i686
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.2.37-2.47.amzn1.i686
kernel-3.2.37-2.47.amzn1.i686
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-3.2.37-2.47.amzn1.i686
noarch:
kernel-doc-3.2.37-2.47.amzn1.noarch
src:
kernel-3.2.37-2.47.amzn1.src
nvidia-313.18-2012.09.0.amzn1.src
x86_64:
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.2.37-2.47.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.2.37-2.47.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-3.2.37-2.47.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-3.2.37-2.47.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.2.37-2.47.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-headers-3.2.37-2.47.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-tools-3.2.37-2.47.amzn1.x86_64
nvidia-kmod-3.2.37-2.47.amzn1-313.18-2012.09.0.amzn1.x86_64
nvidia-313.18-2012.09.0.amzn1.x86_64