Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2025-082)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 241754

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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 5.15.186-128.192. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2025-082 advisory.

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

mm/khugepaged: fix ->anon_vma race (CVE-2023-52935)

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

mm: hugetlb: independent PMD page table shared count (CVE-2024-57883)

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

net_sched: sch_sfq: don't allow 1 packet limit (CVE-2024-57996)

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

mm/huge_memory: fix dereferencing invalid pmd migration entry (CVE-2025-37958)

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:

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

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:

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: 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:

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:

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

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

exfat: fix double free in delayed_free (CVE-2025-38206)

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:

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:

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 'yum update kernel' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 241754

File Name: al2_ALASKERNEL-5_15-2025-082.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/10/2025

Updated: 8/4/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-57996

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-livepatch-5.15.186-128.192, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-headers, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-perf

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52935, CVE-2024-57883, CVE-2024-57996, CVE-2025-37958, CVE-2025-38083, CVE-2025-38084, CVE-2025-38100, CVE-2025-38107, CVE-2025-38108, CVE-2025-38111, CVE-2025-38112, CVE-2025-38115, CVE-2025-38146, CVE-2025-38147, CVE-2025-38154, CVE-2025-38161, CVE-2025-38193, CVE-2025-38206, CVE-2025-38231, CVE-2025-38280, CVE-2025-38285, CVE-2025-38305, CVE-2025-38312, CVE-2025-38320, CVE-2025-38324

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