Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2025-1169)

high Nessus Plugin ID 261737

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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 ALAS2023-2025-1169 advisory.

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

smb: client: Avoid race in open_cached_dir with lease breaks (CVE-2025-37954)

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

netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: prevent overflow in lookup table allocation (CVE-2025-38162)

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

exfat: fix double free in delayed_free (CVE-2025-38206)

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

xfrm: interface: fix use-after-free after changing collect_md xfrm interface (CVE-2025-38500)

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

net/sched: Restrict conditions for adding duplicating netems to qdisc tree (CVE-2025-38553)

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

x86/sev: Evict cache lines during SNP memory validation (CVE-2025-38560)

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

perf/core: Prevent VMA split of buffer mappings (CVE-2025-38563)

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

perf/core: Exit early on perf_mmap() fail (CVE-2025-38565)

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

ipv6: reject malicious packets in ipv6_gso_segment() (CVE-2025-38572)

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

ipv6: fix possible infinite loop in fib6_info_uses_dev() (CVE-2025-38587)

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

ipv6: prevent infinite loop in rt6_nlmsg_size() (CVE-2025-38588)

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

bpf, ktls: Fix data corruption when using bpf_msg_pop_data() in ktls (CVE-2025-38608)

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

net/packet: fix a race in packet_set_ring() and packet_notifier() (CVE-2025-38617)

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

vsock: Do not allow binding to VMADDR_PORT_ANY (CVE-2025-38618)

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

net: drop UFO packets in udp_rcv_segment() (CVE-2025-38622)

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

netfilter: xt_nfacct: don't assume acct name is null-terminated (CVE-2025-38639)

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

net/mlx5: Check device memory pointer before usage (CVE-2025-38645)

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

proc: use the same treatment to check proc_lseek as ones for proc_read_iter et.al (CVE-2025-38653)

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

can: netlink: can_changelink(): fix NULL pointer deref of struct can_priv::do_set_mode (CVE-2025-38665)

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

netlink: avoid infinite retry looping in netlink_unicast() (CVE-2025-38727)

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

NFS: Fix filehandle bounds checking in nfs_fh_to_dentry() (CVE-2025-39730)

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

Revert fs/ntfs3: Replace inode_trylock with inode_lock (CVE-2025-39734)

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 2023.8.20250908' or or 'dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2025-1169 --releasever 2023.8.20250908' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 261737

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2025-1169.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/8/2025

Updated: 10/6/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-38572

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/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-2025-38500

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-modules-extra-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-livepatch-6.1.148-173.267, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-libbpf-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-libbpf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-libbpf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-libbpf-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-37954, CVE-2025-38162, CVE-2025-38206, CVE-2025-38500, CVE-2025-38553, CVE-2025-38560, CVE-2025-38563, CVE-2025-38565, CVE-2025-38572, CVE-2025-38587, CVE-2025-38588, CVE-2025-38608, CVE-2025-38617, CVE-2025-38618, CVE-2025-38622, CVE-2025-38639, CVE-2025-38645, CVE-2025-38653, CVE-2025-38665, CVE-2025-38727, CVE-2025-39730, CVE-2025-39734

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