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:

net: phy: allow MDIO bus PM ops to start/stop state machine for phylink-controlled PHY (CVE-2025-37945)

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:

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: 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:

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

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:

RDMA/cma: Fix hang when cma_netevent_callback fails to queue_work (CVE-2025-38151)

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:

bpf, sockmap: Fix panic when calling skb_linearize (CVE-2025-38165)

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

bpf: fix ktls panic with sockmap (CVE-2025-38166)

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:

fbcon: Make sure modelist not set on unregistered console (CVE-2025-38198)

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

bpf: Check rcu_read_lock_trace_held() in bpf_map_lookup_percpu_elem() (CVE-2025-38202)

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:

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: 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:

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

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

btrfs: handle csum tree error with rescue=ibadroots correctly (CVE-2025-38260)

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

tty: serial: uartlite: register uart driver in init (CVE-2025-38262)

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

bcache: fix NULL pointer in cache_set_flush() (CVE-2025-38263)

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:

kernfs: Relax constraint in draining guard (CVE-2025-38282)

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:

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:

net/sched: Always pass notifications when child class becomes empty (CVE-2025-38350)

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:

btrfs: fix a race between renames and directory logging (CVE-2025-38365)

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

ACPICA: Refuse to evaluate a method if arguments are missing (CVE-2025-38386)

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

drm/i915/gt: Fix timeline left held on VMA alloc error (CVE-2025-38389)

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

NFSv4/pNFS: Fix a race to wake on NFS_LAYOUT_DRAIN (CVE-2025-38393)

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

nfs: Clean up /proc/net/rpc/nfs when nfs_fs_proc_net_init() fails. (CVE-2025-38400)

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

vsock/vmci: Clear the vmci transport packet properly when initializing it (CVE-2025-38403)

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: 8/27/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

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:bpftool-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-modules-extra-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, 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: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-tools, 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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