The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.15.161-106.159. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2024-047 advisory.

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    Input: cyapa - add missing input core locking to suspend/resume functions (CVE-2023-52884)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    genirq/cpuhotplug, x86/vector: Prevent vector leak during CPU offline (CVE-2024-31076)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ipvlan: Dont Use skb->sk in ipvlan_process_v{4,6}_outbound (CVE-2024-33621)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    drm: Check output polling initialized before disabling (CVE-2024-35927)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    drm/arm/malidp: fix a possible null pointer dereference (CVE-2024-36014)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    tty: n_gsm: fix possible out-of-bounds in gsm0_receive() (CVE-2024-36016)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    netfilter: tproxy: bail out if IP has been disabled on the device (CVE-2024-36270)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: acquire rcu_read_lock() in instance_destroy_rcu() (CVE-2024-36286)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    tls: fix missing memory barrier in tls_init (CVE-2024-36489)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    net: fix __dst_negative_advice() race (CVE-2024-36971)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    af_unix: Update unix_sk(sk)->oob_skb under sk_receive_queue lock. (CVE-2024-36972)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    virtio: delete vq in vp_find_vqs_msix() when request_irq() fails (CVE-2024-37353)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    tcp: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in dctcp_update_alpha(). (CVE-2024-37356)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    net/mlx5: Discard command completions in internal error (CVE-2024-38555)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    net: openvswitch: fix overwriting ct original tuple for ICMPv6 (CVE-2024-38558)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    cppc_cpufreq: Fix possible null pointer dereference (CVE-2024-38573)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    epoll: be better about file lifetimes (CVE-2024-38580)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    af_unix: Fix data races in unix_release_sock/unix_stream_sendmsg (CVE-2024-38596)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    md: fix resync softlockup when bitmap size is less than array size (CVE-2024-38598)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ring-buffer: Fix a race between readers and resize checks (CVE-2024-38601)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ipv6: sr: fix invalid unregister error path (CVE-2024-38612)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    cpufreq: exit() callback is optional (CVE-2024-38615)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    fs/ntfs3: Use variable length array instead of fixed size (CVE-2024-38623)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    fs/ntfs3: Use 64 bit variable to avoid 32 bit overflow (CVE-2024-38624)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    bpf: Allow delete from sockmap/sockhash only if update is allowed (CVE-2024-38662)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ext4: fix mb_cache_entry's e_refcnt leak in ext4_xattr_block_cache_find() (CVE-2024-39276)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    md/raid5: fix deadlock that raid5d() wait for itself to clear MD_SB_CHANGE_PENDING (CVE-2024-39476)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    arm64: asm-bug: Add .align 2 to the end of __BUG_ENTRY (CVE-2024-39488)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ipv6: sr: fix memleak in seg6_hmac_init_algo (CVE-2024-39489)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ipv6: sr: fix missing sk_buff release in seg6_input_core (CVE-2024-39490)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2024-047)

high Nessus Plugin ID 205709

Version 1.6

Version 1.4

Version 1.2

Version 1.6 May 23, 2025, 9:16 AM Exploit attributes ("Exploitability ease" changed from "No known exploits are available" to "Exploits are available") Plugin Feed: 202505230916
Version 1.4 Apr 10, 2025, 3:52 PM CISA reference Exploit attributes ("Exploitability ease" changed from "No known exploits are available" to "Exploits are available") Plugin Feed: 202504101552
Version 1.2 Dec 12, 2024, 9:55 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202412120955