Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2-2025-2988 (ALAS-2025-2988)

high Nessus Plugin ID 261340

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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 4.14.355-280.679. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-2988 advisory.

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

scsi: lpfc: Prevent buffer overflow crashes in debugfs with malformed user input (CVE-2022-50030)

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

iavf: Fix adminq error handling (CVE-2022-50055)

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

nfs: handle failure of nfs_get_lock_context in unlock path (CVE-2025-38023)

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:

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

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:

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

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' or or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2-2025-2988' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 261340

File Name: al2_ALAS-2025-2988.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/4/2025

Updated: 9/5/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-38212

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-38352

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf, 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, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-livepatch-4.14.355-280.679, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, 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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/18/2025

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 9/25/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-50030, CVE-2022-50055, CVE-2025-38023, CVE-2025-38181, CVE-2025-38212, CVE-2025-38215, CVE-2025-38352

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