Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel6.12, kernel6.12-modules-extra (ALAS2023-2025-1080)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 241741

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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 ALAS2023-2025-1080 advisory.

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

eth: bnxt: fix out-of-range access of vnic_info array (CVE-2025-22112)

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

wifi: cfg80211: init wiphy_work before allocating rfkill fails (CVE-2025-22119)

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

block: fix adding folio to bio (CVE-2025-22122)

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

wifi: ath12k: Clear affinity hint before calling ath12k_pci_free_irq() in error path (CVE-2025-22128)

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

cpufreq/amd-pstate: Add missing NULL ptr check in amd_pstate_update (CVE-2025-23137)

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

net_sched: hfsc: Address reentrant enqueue adding class to eltree twice (CVE-2025-38001)

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

gpio: virtuser: fix potential out-of-bound write (CVE-2025-38082)

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

net_sched: prio: fix a race in prio_tune() (CVE-2025-38083)

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

mm/hugetlb: unshare page tables during VMA split, not before (CVE-2025-38084)

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

sunrpc: handle SVC_GARBAGE during svc auth processing as auth error (CVE-2025-38089)

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

x86/iopl: Cure TIF_IO_BITMAP inconsistencies (CVE-2025-38100)

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

io_uring: fix use-after-free of sq->thread in __io_uring_show_fdinfo() (CVE-2025-38106)

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

net_sched: ets: fix a race in ets_qdisc_change() (CVE-2025-38107)

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

net_sched: red: fix a race in __red_change() (CVE-2025-38108)

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

net/mdiobus: Fix potential out-of-bounds read/write access (CVE-2025-38111)

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

net: Fix TOCTOU issue in sk_is_readable() (CVE-2025-38112)

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

ACPI: CPPC: Fix NULL pointer dereference when nosmp is used (CVE-2025-38113)

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

net_sched: sch_sfq: fix a potential crash on gso_skb handling (CVE-2025-38115)

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

net: fix udp gso skb_segment after pull from frag_list (CVE-2025-38124)

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

page_pool: Fix use-after-free in page_pool_recycle_in_ring (CVE-2025-38129)

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

usb: acpi: Prevent null pointer dereference in usb_acpi_add_usb4_devlink() (CVE-2025-38134)

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

dm: fix dm_blk_report_zones (CVE-2025-38141)

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

net: openvswitch: Fix the dead loop of MPLS parse (CVE-2025-38146)

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

calipso: Don't call calipso functions for AF_INET sk. (CVE-2025-38147)

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

net: phy: clear phydev->devlink when the link is deleted (CVE-2025-38149)

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

bpf, sockmap: Avoid using sk_socket after free when sending (CVE-2025-38154)

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

RDMA/mlx5: Fix error flow upon firmware failure for RQ destruction (CVE-2025-38161)

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

netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: prevent overflow in lookup table allocation (CVE-2025-38162)

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

arm64/fpsimd: Avoid clobbering kernel FPSIMD state with SMSTOP (CVE-2025-38169)

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

arm64/fpsimd: Discard stale CPU state when handling SME traps (CVE-2025-38170)

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

erofs: avoid using multiple devices with different type (CVE-2025-38172)

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

net: clear the dst when changing skb protocol (CVE-2025-38192)

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

net_sched: sch_sfq: reject invalid perturb period (CVE-2025-38193)

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

netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: clamp maximum map bucket size to INT_MAX (CVE-2025-38201)

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

smb: client: add NULL check in automount_fullpath (CVE-2025-38208)

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

configfs-tsm-report: Fix NULL dereference of tsm_ops (CVE-2025-38210)

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

fbdev: Fix do_register_framebuffer to prevent null-ptr-deref in fb_videomode_to_var (CVE-2025-38215)

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

ext4: only dirty folios when data journaling regular files (CVE-2025-38220)

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

nfsd: Initialize ssc before laundromat_work to prevent NULL dereference (CVE-2025-38231)

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

serial: jsm: fix NPE during jsm_uart_port_init (CVE-2025-38265)

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

net: drv: netdevsim: don't napi_complete() from netpoll (CVE-2025-38270)

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

bpf: Avoid __bpf_prog_ret0_warn when jit fails (CVE-2025-38280)

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

bpf: Fix WARN() in get_bpf_raw_tp_regs (CVE-2025-38285)

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

scsi: smartpqi: Fix smp_processor_id() call trace for preemptible kernels (CVE-2025-38288)

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

PM: EM: Fix potential division-by-zero error in em_compute_costs() (CVE-2025-38297)

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

ptp: remove ptp->n_vclocks check logic in ptp_vclock_in_use() (CVE-2025-38305)

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

fbdev: core: fbcvt: avoid division by 0 in fb_cvt_hperiod() (CVE-2025-38312)

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

arm64/ptrace: Fix stack-out-of-bounds read in regs_get_kernel_stack_nth() (CVE-2025-38320)

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

mpls: Use rcu_dereference_rtnl() in mpls_route_input_rcu(). (CVE-2025-38324)

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 'dnf update kernel6.12 --releasever 2023.8.20250707' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 241741

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2025-1080.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/10/2025

Updated: 8/13/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-23137

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-libbpf, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel6.12-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf6.12, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf6.12-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-modules-extra-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-perf6.12, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-perf6.12-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel6.12, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-livepatch-6.12.35-55.103, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel6.12-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-libbpf-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-libbpf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-libbpf-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64

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: 7/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-22112, CVE-2025-22119, CVE-2025-22122, CVE-2025-22128, CVE-2025-23137, CVE-2025-38001, CVE-2025-38082, CVE-2025-38083, CVE-2025-38084, CVE-2025-38089, CVE-2025-38100, CVE-2025-38106, CVE-2025-38107, CVE-2025-38108, CVE-2025-38111, CVE-2025-38112, CVE-2025-38113, CVE-2025-38115, CVE-2025-38124, CVE-2025-38129, CVE-2025-38134, CVE-2025-38141, CVE-2025-38146, CVE-2025-38147, CVE-2025-38149, CVE-2025-38154, CVE-2025-38161, CVE-2025-38162, CVE-2025-38169, CVE-2025-38170, CVE-2025-38172, CVE-2025-38192, CVE-2025-38193, CVE-2025-38201, CVE-2025-38208, CVE-2025-38210, CVE-2025-38215, CVE-2025-38220, CVE-2025-38231, CVE-2025-38265, CVE-2025-38270, CVE-2025-38280, CVE-2025-38285, CVE-2025-38288, CVE-2025-38297, CVE-2025-38305, CVE-2025-38312, CVE-2025-38320, CVE-2025-38324

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Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel6.12, kernel6.12-modules-extra (ALAS2023-2025-1080)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 241741

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Risk Information

VPR

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

Vulnerability Information

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