Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2025-084 (ALASKERNEL-5.10-2025-084)

high Nessus Plugin ID 233378

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.10.224-212.876. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2025-084 advisory.

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

netfilter: nf_tables: use timestamp to check for set element timeout (CVE-2024-27397)

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

netfilter: nf_tables: prefer nft_chain_validate (CVE-2024-41042)

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

scsi: mpi3mr: Sanitise num_phys (CVE-2024-42159)

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

drm/i915/gem: Fix Virtual Memory mapping boundaries calculation (CVE-2024-42259)

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

nvme-pci: add missing condition check for existence of mapped data (CVE-2024-42276)

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

bpf: Fix a segment issue when downgrading gso_size (CVE-2024-42281)

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

net: nexthop: Initialize all fields in dumped nexthops (CVE-2024-42283)

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

tipc: Return non-zero value from tipc_udp_addr2str() on error (CVE-2024-42284)

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

RDMA/iwcm: Fix a use-after-free related to destroying CM IDs (CVE-2024-42285)

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

scsi: qla2xxx: validate nvme_local_port correctly (CVE-2024-42286)

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

scsi: qla2xxx: Complete command early within lock (CVE-2024-42287)

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

scsi: qla2xxx: Fix for possible memory corruption (CVE-2024-42288)

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

scsi: qla2xxx: During vport delete send async logout explicitly (CVE-2024-42289)

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

kobject_uevent: Fix OOB access within zap_modalias_env() (CVE-2024-42292)

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

nilfs2: handle inconsistent state in nilfs_btnode_create_block() (CVE-2024-42295)

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

PCI/DPC: Fix use-after-free on concurrent DPC and hot-removal (CVE-2024-42302)

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

ext4: make sure the first directory block is not a hole (CVE-2024-42304)

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

ext4: check dot and dotdot of dx_root before making dir indexed (CVE-2024-42305)

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

udf: Avoid using corrupted block bitmap buffer (CVE-2024-42306)

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

hfs: fix to initialize fields of hfs_inode_info after hfs_alloc_inode() (CVE-2024-42311)

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

sysctl: always initialize i_uid/i_gid (CVE-2024-42312)

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

ext4: fix infinite loop when replaying fast_commit (CVE-2024-43828)

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

leds: trigger: Unregister sysfs attributes before calling deactivate() (CVE-2024-43830)

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

xdp: fix invalid wait context of page_pool_destroy() (CVE-2024-43834)

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

lib: objagg: Fix general protection fault (CVE-2024-43846)

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

dma: fix call order in dmam_free_coherent (CVE-2024-43856)

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

net: usb: qmi_wwan: fix memory leak for not ip packets (CVE-2024-43861)

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

devres: Fix memory leakage caused by driver API devm_free_percpu() (CVE-2024-43871)

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

mlxsw: spectrum_acl_erp: Fix object nesting warning (CVE-2024-43880)

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

exec: Fix ToCToU between perm check and set-uid/gid usage (CVE-2024-43882)

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

usb: vhci-hcd: Do not drop references before new references are gained (CVE-2024-43883)

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

padata: Fix possible divide-by-0 panic in padata_mt_helper() (CVE-2024-43889)

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

serial: core: check uartclk for zero to avoid divide by zero (CVE-2024-43893)

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

drm/client: fix null pointer dereference in drm_client_modeset_probe (CVE-2024-43894)

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

md/raid5: avoid BUG_ON() while continue reshape after reassembling (CVE-2024-43914)

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

sctp: Fix null-ptr-deref in reuseport_add_sock(). (CVE-2024-44935)

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

netfilter: ctnetlink: use helper function to calculate expect ID (CVE-2024-44944)

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

x86/mtrr: Check if fixed MTRRs exist before saving them (CVE-2024-44948)

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

x86/mm: Fix pti_clone_pgtable() alignment assumption (CVE-2024-44965)

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.

Solution

Run 'yum update kernel' or or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2025-084' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 233378

File Name: al2_ALASKERNEL-5_10-2025-084.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 3/27/2025

Updated: 10/6/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-42302

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-livepatch-5.10.224-212.876

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/3/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-27397, CVE-2024-41042, CVE-2024-42159, CVE-2024-42259, CVE-2024-42276, CVE-2024-42281, CVE-2024-42283, CVE-2024-42284, CVE-2024-42285, CVE-2024-42286, CVE-2024-42287, CVE-2024-42288, CVE-2024-42289, CVE-2024-42292, CVE-2024-42295, CVE-2024-42302, CVE-2024-42304, CVE-2024-42305, CVE-2024-42306, CVE-2024-42311, CVE-2024-42312, CVE-2024-43828, CVE-2024-43830, CVE-2024-43834, CVE-2024-43846, CVE-2024-43856, CVE-2024-43861, CVE-2024-43871, CVE-2024-43880, CVE-2024-43882, CVE-2024-43883, CVE-2024-43889, CVE-2024-43893, CVE-2024-43894, CVE-2024-43914, CVE-2024-44935, CVE-2024-44944, CVE-2024-44948, CVE-2024-44965

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