Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2025-060)

high Nessus Plugin ID 213683

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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 5.15.173-118.169. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2025-060 advisory.

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

drm/i915: Fix potential context UAFs (CVE-2023-52913)

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

dm-crypt, dm-verity: disable tasklets (CVE-2024-26718)

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

net: bridge: xmit: make sure we have at least eth header len bytes (CVE-2024-38538)

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

io_uring: fix possible deadlock in io_register_iowq_max_workers() (CVE-2024-41080)

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

cifs: Fix buffer overflow when parsing NFS reparse points (CVE-2024-49996)

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

net: do not delay dst_entries_add() in dst_release() (CVE-2024-50036)

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

tcp: fix mptcp DSS corruption due to large pmtu xmit (CVE-2024-50083)

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

net: sched: fix use-after-free in taprio_change() (CVE-2024-50127)

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

net: wwan: fix global oob in wwan_rtnl_policy (CVE-2024-50128)

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

tracing: Consider the NULL character when validating the event length (CVE-2024-50131)

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

udf: fix uninit-value use in udf_get_fileshortad (CVE-2024-50143)

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

usb: typec: altmode should keep reference to parent (CVE-2024-50150)

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

smb: client: fix OOBs when building SMB2_IOCTL request (CVE-2024-50151)

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

tcp/dccp: Don't use timer_pending() in reqsk_queue_unlink(). (CVE-2024-50154)

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

fs/ntfs3: Check if more than chunk-size bytes are written (CVE-2024-50247)

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

netfilter: Fix use-after-free in get_info() (CVE-2024-50257)

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

bpf: Fix out-of-bounds write in trie_get_next_key() (CVE-2024-50262)

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

vsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk->trans (CVE-2024-50264)

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

dm cache: fix potential out-of-bounds access on the first resume (CVE-2024-50278)

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

dm cache: fix out-of-bounds access to the dirty bitset when resizing (CVE-2024-50279)

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

security/keys: fix slab-out-of-bounds in key_task_permission (CVE-2024-50301)

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

net/sched: stop qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog on TC_H_ROOT (CVE-2024-53057)

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

hv_sock: Initializing vsk->trans to NULL to prevent a dangling pointer (CVE-2024-53103)

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' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 213683

File Name: al2_ALASKERNEL-5_15-2025-060.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 1/10/2025

Updated: 3/6/2025

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-2024-53103

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool, 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, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-livepatch-5.15.173-118.169

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52913, CVE-2024-26718, CVE-2024-38538, CVE-2024-41080, CVE-2024-49996, CVE-2024-50036, CVE-2024-50083, CVE-2024-50127, CVE-2024-50128, CVE-2024-50131, CVE-2024-50143, CVE-2024-50150, CVE-2024-50151, CVE-2024-50154, CVE-2024-50247, CVE-2024-50257, CVE-2024-50262, CVE-2024-50264, CVE-2024-50278, CVE-2024-50279, CVE-2024-50301, CVE-2024-53057, CVE-2024-53103

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