The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.10.245-241.976. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2025-109 advisory.

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

    netdevsim: fix memory leak in nsim_drv_probe() when nsim_dev_resources_register() failed (CVE-2022-50500)

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

    scsi: qla2xxx: Use raw_smp_processor_id() instead of smp_processor_id() (CVE-2023-53530)

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

    net: bridge: fix soft lockup in br_multicast_query_expired() (CVE-2025-39773)

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

    mm/memory-failure: fix VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PagePoisoned(page)) when unpoison memory (CVE-2025-39883)

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

    i40e: fix IRQ freeing in i40e_vsi_request_irq_msix error path (CVE-2025-39911)

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

    tcp_bpf: Call sk_msg_free() when tcp_bpf_send_verdict() fails to allocate psock->cork. (CVE-2025-39913)

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

    net: rfkill: gpio: Fix crash due to dereferencering uninitialized pointer (CVE-2025-39937)

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

    qed: Don't collect too many protection override GRC elements (CVE-2025-39949)

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

    cgroup: split cgroup_destroy_wq into 3 workqueues (CVE-2025-39953)

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

    tcp: Clear tcp_sk(sk)->fastopen_rsk in tcp_disconnect(). (CVE-2025-39955)

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

    crypto: af_alg - Disallow concurrent writes in af_alg_sendmsg (CVE-2025-39964)

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

    fbcon: fix integer overflow in fbcon_do_set_font (CVE-2025-39967)

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

    i40e: add max boundary check for VF filters (CVE-2025-39968)

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

    i40e: fix validation of VF state in get resources (CVE-2025-39969)

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

    i40e: fix input validation logic for action_meta (CVE-2025-39970)

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

    i40e: fix idx validation in config queues msg (CVE-2025-39971)

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

    i40e: fix idx validation in i40e_validate_queue_map (CVE-2025-39972)

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

    i40e: add validation for ring_len param (CVE-2025-39973)

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

    nexthop: Forbid FDB status change while nexthop is in a group (CVE-2025-39980)

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

    tracing: dynevent: Add a missing lockdown check on dynevent (CVE-2025-40021)

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.

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Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2025-109 (ALASKERNEL-5.10-2025-109)

high Nessus Plugin ID 271760

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.3 Nov 18, 2025, 4:27 AM CVE (set "CVE" coverage to "CVE-2022-50500,CVE-2023-53530,CVE-2025-39773,CVE-2025-39883,CVE-2025-39911,CVE-2025-39913,CVE-2025-39937,CVE-2025-39949,CVE-2025-39953,CVE-2025-39955,CVE-2025-39964,CVE-2025-39967,CVE-2025-39968,CVE-2025-39969,CVE-2025-39970,CVE-2025-39971,CVE-2025-39972,CVE-2025-39973,CVE-2025-39980,CVE-2025-40021") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 8.0) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 7.6) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H") CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2025-39955" to "CVE-2025-39971") CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2025-39971, severity increased from "Medium" to "High") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202511180427
Version 1.2 Oct 30, 2025, 2:57 PM Exploit attributes ("Exploitability ease" changed from "No known exploits are available" to "Exploits are available") Plugin Feed: 202510301457
Version 1.1 Oct 28, 2025, 5:56 PM New Plugin Feed: 202510281756