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Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.4-2025-105)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 243437

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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 5.4.296-217.423. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2025-105 advisory.

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

 net: tap: NULL pointer derefence in dev_parse_header_protocol when skb->dev is null (CVE-2022-50073)

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

 btrfs: don't abort filesystem when attempting to snapshot deleted subvolume (CVE-2024-26644)

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

 ACPI: PAD: fix crash in exit_round_robin() (CVE-2024-49935)

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

 serial: mctrl_gpio: split disable_ms into sync and no_sync APIs (CVE-2025-38040)

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

 virtio: break and reset virtio devices on device_shutdown() (CVE-2025-38064)

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

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

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.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2/ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2025-105.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2022-50073.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2024-26644.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2024-49935.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-38040.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-38064.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-38161.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 243437

File Name: al2_ALASKERNEL-5_4-2025-105.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/4/2025

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-2024-49935

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, 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: 7/29/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-50073, CVE-2024-26644, CVE-2024-49935, CVE-2025-38040, CVE-2025-38064, CVE-2025-38161