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Amazon Linux AMI: Security patch for kernel, nvidia (ALAS-2013-154) (CVE-2013-0190)

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Amazon Linux AMI: Security patch for kernel, nvidia (ALAS-2013-154) (CVE-2013-0190)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
02/12/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/28/2014
Modified
06/21/2018

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-i686
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel-devel
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel-doc
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel-headers
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel-tools
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel-tools-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-nvidia
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-nvidia-kmod-3-2-37-2-47-amzn1

References

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