Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2025-959)

high Nessus Plugin ID 235906

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-959 advisory.

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

smb: client: fix potential UAF in cifs_dump_full_key() (CVE-2024-35866)

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

cifs: Fix integer overflow while processing closetimeo mount option (CVE-2025-21962)

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

cifs: Fix integer overflow while processing acdirmax mount option (CVE-2025-21963)

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

cifs: Fix integer overflow while processing acregmax mount option (CVE-2025-21964)

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

net/mlx5: Bridge, fix the crash caused by LAG state check (CVE-2025-21970)

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

net_sched: Prevent creation of classes with TC_H_ROOT (CVE-2025-21971)

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

net/mlx5: handle errors in mlx5_chains_create_table() (CVE-2025-21975)

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

sched: address a potential NULL pointer dereference in the GRED scheduler. (CVE-2025-21980)

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

net: switchdev: Convert blocking notification chain to a raw one (CVE-2025-21986)

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

HID: ignore non-functional sensor in HP 5MP Camera (CVE-2025-21992)

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

xsk: fix an integer overflow in xp_create_and_assign_umem() (CVE-2025-21997)

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

proc: fix UAF in proc_get_inode() (CVE-2025-21999)

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

ipv6: Fix memleak of nhc_pcpu_rth_output in fib_check_nh_v6_gw(). (CVE-2025-22005)

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

mm/migrate: fix shmem xarray update during migration (CVE-2025-22015)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 235906

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2025-959.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/13/2025

Updated: 6/20/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-35866

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-modules-extra-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-livepatch-6.1.132-147.221, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-libbpf-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-libbpf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-libbpf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-libbpf-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-35866, CVE-2025-21962, CVE-2025-21963, CVE-2025-21964, CVE-2025-21970, CVE-2025-21971, CVE-2025-21975, CVE-2025-21980, CVE-2025-21986, CVE-2025-21992, CVE-2025-21997, CVE-2025-21999, CVE-2025-22005, CVE-2025-22015

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