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Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2025-106 (ALASKERNEL-5.10-2025-106)

high Nessus Plugin ID 266184

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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 5.10.220-209.867. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2025-106 advisory.

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

 NFSD: Fix the behavior of READ near OFFSET_MAX (CVE-2022-48827)

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

 NFSD: Fix ia_size underflow (CVE-2022-48828)

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

 NFSD: Fix NFSv3 SETATTR/CREATE's handling of large file sizes (CVE-2022-48829)

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

 NFSD: Protect against send buffer overflow in NFSv3 READ (CVE-2022-50345)

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

 nfsd: call op_release, even when op_func returns an error (CVE-2023-53241)

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

 nfsd: fix RELEASE_LOCKOWNER (CVE-2024-26629)

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 ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2025-106' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2/ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2025-106.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2022-48827.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2022-48828.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2022-48829.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2022-50345.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2023-53241.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2024-26629.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 266184

File Name: al2_ALASKERNEL-5_10-2025-106.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/30/2025

Updated: 9/30/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-48827

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-perf, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-livepatch-5.10.220-209.867, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-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, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/29/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48827, CVE-2022-48828, CVE-2022-48829, CVE-2023-53241, CVE-2024-26629