The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.15.179-121.185. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2025-069 advisory.

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

    Squashfs: check the inode number is not the invalid value of zero (CVE-2024-26982)

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

    KVM: x86: Acquire kvm->srcu when handling KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS (CVE-2024-46830)

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

    pps: Fix a use-after-free (CVE-2024-57979)

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

    KVM: Explicitly verify target vCPU is online in kvm_get_vcpu() (CVE-2024-58083)

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

    net: sched: Disallow replacing of child qdisc from one parent to another (CVE-2025-21700)

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

    net: avoid race between device unregistration and ethnl ops (CVE-2025-21701)

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

    padata: avoid UAF for reorder_work (CVE-2025-21726)

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

    padata: fix UAF in padata_reorder (CVE-2025-21727)

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

    nbd: don't allow reconnect after disconnect (CVE-2025-21731)

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

    btrfs: fix use-after-free when attempting to join an aborted transaction (CVE-2025-21753)

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

    vsock: Keep the binding until socket destruction (CVE-2025-21756)

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

    ipv6: mcast: add RCU protection to mld_newpack() (CVE-2025-21758)

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

    ndisc: extend RCU protection in ndisc_send_skb() (CVE-2025-21760)

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

    openvswitch: use RCU protection in ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info() (CVE-2025-21761)

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

    arp: use RCU protection in arp_xmit() (CVE-2025-21762)

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

    neighbour: use RCU protection in __neigh_notify() (CVE-2025-21763)

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

    ndisc: use RCU protection in ndisc_alloc_skb() (CVE-2025-21764)

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

    KVM: x86: Reject Hyper-V's SEND_IPI hypercalls if local APIC isn't in-kernel (CVE-2025-21779)

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

    arm64: cacheinfo: Avoid out-of-bounds write to cacheinfo array (CVE-2025-21785)

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

    vrf: use RCU protection in l3mdev_l3_out() (CVE-2025-21791)

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

    nfsd: clear acl_access/acl_default after releasing them (CVE-2025-21796)

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

    geneve: Fix use-after-free in geneve_find_dev(). (CVE-2025-21858)

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

    ovl: fix UAF in ovl_dentry_update_reval by moving dput() in ovl_link_up (CVE-2025-21887)

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

    sched/fair: Fix potential memory corruption in child_cfs_rq_on_list (CVE-2025-21919)

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

    vlan: enforce underlying device type (CVE-2025-21920)

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

    HID: intel-ish-hid: Fix use-after-free issue in ishtp_hid_remove() (CVE-2025-21928)

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-5.15-2025-069)

high Nessus Plugin ID 233694

Version 1.4

Version 1.3

Version 1.1

Version 1.4 May 13, 2025, 3:38 PM CVE (set "CVE" coverage to "CVE-2024-26982,CVE-2024-46830,CVE-2024-57979,CVE-2024-58083,CVE-2025-21700,CVE-2025-21701,CVE-2025-21726,CVE-2025-21727,CVE-2025-21731,CVE-2025-21753,CVE-2025-21756,CVE-2025-21758,CVE-2025-21760,CVE-2025-21761,CVE-2025-21762,CVE-2025-21763,CVE-2025-21764,CVE-2025-21779,CVE-2025-21785,CVE-2025-21791,CVE-2025-21796,CVE-2025-21858,CVE-2025-21887,CVE-2025-21919,CVE-2025-21920,CVE-2025-21928") CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C") CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv3 temporal vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C") CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Exploit attributes ("Exploit available" set to "True") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202505131538
Version 1.3 Apr 25, 2025, 10:40 AM CVE (set "CVE" coverage to "CVE-2024-26982,CVE-2024-46830,CVE-2024-57979,CVE-2024-58083,CVE-2025-21700,CVE-2025-21701,CVE-2025-21726,CVE-2025-21727,CVE-2025-21731,CVE-2025-21753,CVE-2025-21756,CVE-2025-21758,CVE-2025-21760,CVE-2025-21761,CVE-2025-21762,CVE-2025-21763,CVE-2025-21764,CVE-2025-21785,CVE-2025-21791,CVE-2025-21796,CVE-2025-21858,CVE-2025-21887,CVE-2025-21919,CVE-2025-21920,CVE-2025-21928") CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2025-21858" to "CVE-2025-21928") CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202504251040
Version 1.1 Apr 2, 2025, 9:22 AM New Plugin Feed: 202504020922