The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.4.292-208.414. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2025-100 advisory.

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

    net/mlx5e: Fix use-after-free of encap entry in neigh update handler (CVE-2021-47247)

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

    scsi: iscsi_tcp: Fix UAF during logout when accessing the shost ipaddress (CVE-2023-52975)

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

    mm: call the security_mmap_file() LSM hook in remap_file_pages() (CVE-2024-47745)

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

    net: do not delay dst_entries_add() in dst_release() (CVE-2024-50036)

    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:

    ipv6: mcast: extend RCU protection in igmp6_send() (CVE-2025-21759)

    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:

    net: atm: fix use after free in lec_send() (CVE-2025-22004)

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-5.4-2025-100)

high Nessus Plugin ID 234966

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Version 1.2 May 13, 2025, 3:38 PM CVE (set "CVE" coverage to "CVE-2021-47247,CVE-2023-52975,CVE-2024-47745,CVE-2024-50036,CVE-2025-21726,CVE-2025-21759,CVE-2025-21796,CVE-2025-22004") CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202505131538
Version 1.1 Apr 30, 2025, 2:20 AM New Plugin Feed: 202504300220