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:

    mm/hugetlb: fix huge_pmd_unshare() vs GUP-fast race (CVE-2025-38085)

    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:

    VMCI: fix race between vmci_host_setup_notify and vmci_ctx_unset_notify (CVE-2025-38102)

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

    HID: usbhid: Eliminate recurrent out-of-bounds bug in usbhid_parse() (CVE-2025-38103)

    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:

    netfilter: nf_set_pipapo_avx2: fix initial map fill (CVE-2025-38120)

    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:

    fs/ntfs3: handle hdr_first_de() return value (CVE-2025-38167)

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

    calipso: Fix null-ptr-deref in calipso_req_{set,del}attr(). (CVE-2025-38181)

    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:

    RDMA/iwcm: Fix use-after-free of work objects after cm_id destruction (CVE-2025-38211)

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

    ipc: fix to protect IPCS lookups using RCU (CVE-2025-38212)

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

    vgacon: Add check for vc_origin address range in vgacon_scroll() (CVE-2025-38213)

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

    fbdev: Fix fb_set_var to prevent null-ptr-deref in fb_videomode_to_var (CVE-2025-38214)

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

    ext4: inline: fix len overflow in ext4_prepare_inline_data (CVE-2025-38222)

    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:

    EDAC/skx_common: Fix general protection fault (CVE-2025-38298)

    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:

    seg6: Fix validation of nexthop addresses (CVE-2025-38310)

    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)

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

    jbd2: fix data-race and null-ptr-deref in jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata() (CVE-2025-38337)

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

    software node: Correct a OOB check in software_node_get_reference_args() (CVE-2025-38342)

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

    ACPICA: fix acpi parse and parseext cache leaks (CVE-2025-38344)

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

    ACPICA: fix acpi operand cache leak in dswstate.c (CVE-2025-38345)

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

    ftrace: Fix UAF when lookup kallsym after ftrace disabled (CVE-2025-38346)

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

    posix-cpu-timers: fix race between handle_posix_cpu_timers() and posix_cpu_timer_del() (CVE-2025-38352)

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

    Squashfs: check return result of sb_min_blocksize (CVE-2025-38415)

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

    perf: Fix sample vs do_exit() (CVE-2025-38424)

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

    nfsd: nfsd4_spo_must_allow() must check this is a v4 compound request (CVE-2025-38430)

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

    do_change_type(): refuse to operate on unmounted/not ours mounts (CVE-2025-38498)

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, --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2025-082 (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2025-082)

high Nessus Plugin ID 241754

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Version 1.10 Jan 27, 2026, 5:22 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 6.8) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 7.8) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H") CVSSv3 severity (based on None, severity increased from "Medium" to "High") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202601270522
Version 1.9 Oct 30, 2025, 2:57 PM Exploit attributes ("Exploitability ease" changed from "No known exploits are available" to "Exploits are available") Plugin Feed: 202510301457
Version 1.6 Sep 5, 2025, 4:38 PM CISA reference CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C") CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv3 temporal vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C") Exploit attributes ("Exploit available" set to "True") Exploit attributes ("Exploitability ease" changed from "No known exploits are available" to "Exploits are available") Plugin Feed: 202509051638
Version 1.4 Aug 5, 2025, 4:04 AM CVE (set "CVE" coverage to "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") 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: 202508050404
Version 1.3 Jul 18, 2025, 8:07 AM CVE (set "CVE" coverage to "CVE-2023-52935,CVE-2024-57883,CVE-2024-57996,CVE-2025-37958,CVE-2025-38084,CVE-2025-38161") 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: 202507180807
Version 1.2 Jul 15, 2025, 2:39 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202507150239
Version 1.1 Jul 11, 2025, 4:37 AM New Plugin Feed: 202507110437