Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool6.12, kernel6.12, kernel6.12-devel (ALAS2023-2025-1130)

high Nessus Plugin ID 243505

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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 ALAS2023-2025-1130 advisory.

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:

netfs: Fix oops in write-retry from mis-resetting the subreq iterator (CVE-2025-38139)

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:

mm: userfaultfd: fix race of userfaultfd_move and swap cache (CVE-2025-38242)

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

smb: client: fix potential deadlock when reconnecting channels (CVE-2025-38244)

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

lib/group_cpus: fix NULL pointer dereference from group_cpus_evenly() (CVE-2025-38255)

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

io_uring/rsrc: fix folio unpinning (CVE-2025-38256)

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

mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: free old damon_sysfs_scheme_filter->memcg_path on write (CVE-2025-38258)

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:

nvme-tcp: sanitize request list handling (CVE-2025-38264)

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

bpf: Do not include stack ptr register in precision backtracking bookkeeping (CVE-2025-38279)

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:

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

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

RDMA/mlx5: Fix unsafe xarray access in implicit ODP handling (CVE-2025-38372)

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

IB/mlx5: Fix potential deadlock in MR deregistration (CVE-2025-38373)

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

virtio-net: ensure the received length does not exceed allocated size (CVE-2025-38375)

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

smb: client: fix warning when reconnecting channel (CVE-2025-38379)

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

mm/vmalloc: fix data race in show_numa_info() (CVE-2025-38383)

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:

firmware: arm_ffa: Replace mutex with rwlock to avoid sleep in atomic context (CVE-2025-38388)

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:

firmware: arm_ffa: Fix memory leak by freeing notifier callback node (CVE-2025-38390)

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:

fs: export anon_inode_make_secure_inode() and fix secretmem LSM bypass (CVE-2025-38396)

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

scsi: target: Fix NULL pointer dereference in core_scsi3_decode_spec_i_port() (CVE-2025-38399)

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)

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

virtio-net: xsk: rx: fix the frame's length check (CVE-2025-38413)

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

cifs: Fix the smbd_response slab to allow usercopy (CVE-2025-38523)

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 kernel6.12 --releasever 2023.8.20250808' or or 'dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2025-1130 --releasever 2023.8.20250808' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 243505

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2025-1130.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/4/2025

Updated: 9/11/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

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-2025-38396

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/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-2025-38264

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel6.12-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel6.12-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool6.12, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel6.12-headers, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf6.12, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-livepatch-6.12.37-61.105, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel6.12-libbpf-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel6.12-libbpf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf6.12-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel6.12-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel6.12-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-perf6.12, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-perf6.12-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool6.12-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel6.12, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel6.12-tools-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel6.12-libbpf-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel6.12-libbpf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel6.12-modules-extra-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel6.12-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64

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: 6/18/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-38064, CVE-2025-38139, CVE-2025-38236, CVE-2025-38242, CVE-2025-38244, CVE-2025-38255, CVE-2025-38256, CVE-2025-38258, CVE-2025-38260, CVE-2025-38262, CVE-2025-38263, CVE-2025-38264, CVE-2025-38279, CVE-2025-38350, CVE-2025-38365, CVE-2025-38372, CVE-2025-38373, CVE-2025-38375, CVE-2025-38379, CVE-2025-38383, CVE-2025-38386, CVE-2025-38388, CVE-2025-38389, CVE-2025-38390, CVE-2025-38393, CVE-2025-38396, CVE-2025-38399, CVE-2025-38400, CVE-2025-38403, CVE-2025-38413, CVE-2025-38523

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