Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.10-2025-078)

high Nessus Plugin ID 214623

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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 5.10.230-223.885. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2025-078 advisory.

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:

mm: avoid leaving partial pfn mappings around in error case (CVE-2024-47674)

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:

exec: don't WARN for racy path_noexec check (CVE-2024-50010)

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:

serial: protect uart_port_dtr_rts() in uart_shutdown() too (CVE-2024-50058)

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

x86/bugs: Use code segment selector for VERW operand (CVE-2024-50072)

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

KVM: nSVM: Ignore nCR3[4:0] when loading PDPTEs from memory (CVE-2024-50115)

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

nilfs2: fix kernel bug due to missing clearing of buffer delay flag (CVE-2024-50116)

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:

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

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

drm/vboxvideo: Replace fake VLA at end of vbva_mouse_pointer_shape with real VLA (CVE-2024-50134)

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

xfrm: validate new SA's prefixlen using SA family when sel.family is unset (CVE-2024-50142)

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:

scsi: target: core: Fix null-ptr-deref in target_alloc_device() (CVE-2024-50153)

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

arm64: probes: Fix uprobes for big-endian kernels (CVE-2024-50194)

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

posix-clock: posix-clock: Fix unbalanced locking in pc_clock_settime() (CVE-2024-50210)

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

nilfs2: fix potential deadlock with newly created symlinks (CVE-2024-50229)

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

nilfs2: fix kernel bug due to missing clearing of checked flag (CVE-2024-50230)

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

netfilter: nft_payload: sanitize offset and length before calling skb_checksum() (CVE-2024-50251)

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:

USB: serial: io_edgeport: fix use after free in debug printk (CVE-2024-50267)

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

btrfs: reinitialize delayed ref list after deleting it from the list (CVE-2024-50273)

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:

sctp: properly validate chunk size in sctp_sf_ootb() (CVE-2024-50299)

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: HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer Since the report buffer is used by all kinds of drivers in various ways, let's zero-initialize it during allocation to make sure that it can't be ever used to leak kernel memory via specially-crafted report. (CVE-2024-50302)

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

ipv4: ip_tunnel: Fix suspicious RCU usage warning in ip_tunnel_init_flow() (CVE-2024-53042)

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

io_uring/rw: fix missing NOWAIT check for O_DIRECT start write (CVE-2024-53052)

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:

nfs: Fix KMSAN warning in decode_getfattr_attrs() (CVE-2024-53066)

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

smb: client: Fix use-after-free of network namespace. (CVE-2024-53095)

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

mm: krealloc: Fix MTE false alarm in __do_krealloc (CVE-2024-53097)

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: 214623

File Name: al2_ALASKERNEL-5_10-2025-078.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 1/24/2025

Updated: 3/14/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

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-2024-53103

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux: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-livepatch-5.10.230-223.885, 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: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: 1/21/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2024

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/25/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-38538, CVE-2024-41080, CVE-2024-47674, CVE-2024-49996, CVE-2024-50010, CVE-2024-50036, CVE-2024-50058, CVE-2024-50072, CVE-2024-50115, CVE-2024-50116, CVE-2024-50127, CVE-2024-50131, CVE-2024-50134, CVE-2024-50142, CVE-2024-50150, CVE-2024-50151, CVE-2024-50153, CVE-2024-50194, CVE-2024-50210, CVE-2024-50229, CVE-2024-50230, CVE-2024-50251, CVE-2024-50262, CVE-2024-50264, CVE-2024-50267, CVE-2024-50273, CVE-2024-50278, CVE-2024-50279, CVE-2024-50299, CVE-2024-50301, CVE-2024-50302, CVE-2024-53042, CVE-2024-53052, CVE-2024-53057, CVE-2024-53066, CVE-2024-53095, CVE-2024-53097, CVE-2024-53103

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