Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2025-1111)

high Nessus Plugin ID 243500

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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 ALAS2023-2025-1111 advisory.

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

Drivers: hv: vmbus: Leak pages if set_memory_encrypted() fails (CVE-2024-36913)

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

xfs: don't walk off the end of a directory data block (CVE-2024-41013)

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:

bpf: Fix kmemleak warning for percpu hashmap (CVE-2025-37807)

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:

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:

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:

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:

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

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

af_unix: Don't leave consecutive consumed OOB skbs. (CVE-2025-38236)

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:

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 kernel --releasever 2023.8.20250721' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 243500

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2025-1111.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

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: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-38083

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-36913

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-libbpf, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-modules-extra-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-livepatch-6.1.144-170.251, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf-debuginfo, 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:kernel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/30/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-36913, CVE-2024-41013, CVE-2024-57883, CVE-2025-37807, CVE-2025-37958, CVE-2025-38083, CVE-2025-38084, CVE-2025-38108, CVE-2025-38111, CVE-2025-38112, CVE-2025-38113, CVE-2025-38115, CVE-2025-38124, CVE-2025-38146, CVE-2025-38147, CVE-2025-38154, CVE-2025-38161, CVE-2025-38193, CVE-2025-38215, CVE-2025-38231, CVE-2025-38236, CVE-2025-38280, CVE-2025-38285, CVE-2025-38305, CVE-2025-38312, CVE-2025-38324

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