Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2025-063)

high Nessus Plugin ID 216819

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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 5.15.178-120.178. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2025-063 advisory.

Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in Linux kernel on x86 and ARM (md, raid, raid5 modules) allows Forced Integer Overflow. (CVE-2024-23307)

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

Bluetooth: RFCOMM: Fix not validating setsockopt user input (CVE-2024-35966)

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

gpiolib: cdev: Fix use after free in lineinfo_changed_notify (CVE-2024-36899)

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

ipv6: avoid possible NULL deref in rt6_uncached_list_flush_dev() (CVE-2024-47707)

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

ext4: fix timer use-after-free on failed mount (CVE-2024-49960)

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

ipv4: ip_tunnel: Fix suspicious RCU usage warning in ip_tunnel_find() (CVE-2024-50304)

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

net: fix data-races around sk->sk_forward_alloc (CVE-2024-53124)

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

ceph: give up on paths longer than PATH_MAX (CVE-2024-53685)

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

scsi: sg: Fix slab-use-after-free read in sg_release() (CVE-2024-56631)

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

blk-cgroup: Fix UAF in blkcg_unpin_online() (CVE-2024-56672)

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

mptcp: fix TCP options overflow. (CVE-2024-57882)

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

topology: Keep the cpumask unchanged when printing cpumap (CVE-2024-57917)

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

dm array: fix releasing a faulty array block twice in dm_array_cursor_end (CVE-2024-57929)

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

exfat: fix the infinite loop in exfat_readdir() (CVE-2024-57940)

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

hrtimers: Handle CPU state correctly on hotplug (CVE-2024-57951)

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

block, bfq: fix waker_bfqq UAF after bfq_split_bfqq() (CVE-2025-21631)

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

sctp: sysctl: plpmtud_probe_interval: avoid using current->nsproxy (CVE-2025-21636)

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

sctp: sysctl: udp_port: avoid using current->nsproxy (CVE-2025-21637)

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

sctp: sysctl: auth_enable: avoid using current->nsproxy (CVE-2025-21638)

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

sctp: sysctl: rto_min/max: avoid using current->nsproxy (CVE-2025-21639)

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

sctp: sysctl: cookie_hmac_alg: avoid using current->nsproxy (CVE-2025-21640)

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

netfilter: conntrack: clamp maximum hashtable size to INT_MAX (CVE-2025-21648)

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

net_sched: cls_flow: validate TCA_FLOW_RSHIFT attribute (CVE-2025-21653)

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

dm thin: make get_first_thin use rcu-safe list first function (CVE-2025-21664)

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

filemap: avoid truncating 64-bit offset to 32 bits (CVE-2025-21665)

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

vsock: prevent null-ptr-deref in vsock_*[has_data|has_space] (CVE-2025-21666)

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

vsock/virtio: discard packets if the transport changes (CVE-2025-21669)

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

gtp: Destroy device along with udp socket's netns dismantle. (CVE-2025-21678)

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

bpf: Fix bpf_sk_select_reuseport() memory leak (CVE-2025-21683)

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

scsi: storvsc: Ratelimit warning logs to prevent VM denial of service (CVE-2025-21690)

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

net: sched: fix ets qdisc OOB Indexing (CVE-2025-21692)

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

fs/proc: fix softlockup in __read_vmcore (part 2) (CVE-2025-21694)

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: 216819

File Name: al2_ALASKERNEL-5_15-2025-063.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 2/26/2025

Updated: 3/14/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2025-21692

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: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, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-livepatch-5.15.178-120.178, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-23307, CVE-2024-35966, CVE-2024-36899, CVE-2024-47707, CVE-2024-49960, CVE-2024-50304, CVE-2024-53124, CVE-2024-53685, CVE-2024-56631, CVE-2024-56672, CVE-2024-57882, CVE-2024-57917, CVE-2024-57929, CVE-2024-57940, CVE-2024-57951, CVE-2025-21631, CVE-2025-21636, CVE-2025-21637, CVE-2025-21638, CVE-2025-21639, CVE-2025-21640, CVE-2025-21648, CVE-2025-21653, CVE-2025-21664, CVE-2025-21665, CVE-2025-21666, CVE-2025-21669, CVE-2025-21678, CVE-2025-21683, CVE-2025-21690, CVE-2025-21692, CVE-2025-21694

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