Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.10-2025-084)

high Nessus Plugin ID 233378

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 5.10.224-212.876. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2025-084 advisory.

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

netfilter: nf_tables: use timestamp to check for set element timeout (CVE-2024-27397)

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

netfilter: nf_tables: prefer nft_chain_validate (CVE-2024-41042)

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

scsi: mpi3mr: Sanitise num_phys (CVE-2024-42159)

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

drm/i915/gem: Fix Virtual Memory mapping boundaries calculation (CVE-2024-42259)

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

tipc: Return non-zero value from tipc_udp_addr2str() on error (CVE-2024-42284)

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

RDMA/iwcm: Fix a use-after-free related to destroying CM IDs (CVE-2024-42285)

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

scsi: qla2xxx: Complete command early within lock (CVE-2024-42287)

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

PCI/DPC: Fix use-after-free on concurrent DPC and hot-removal (CVE-2024-42302)

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

devres: Fix memory leakage caused by driver API devm_free_percpu() (CVE-2024-43871)

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

mlxsw: spectrum_acl_erp: Fix object nesting warning (CVE-2024-43880)

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

exec: Fix ToCToU between perm check and set-uid/gid usage (CVE-2024-43882)

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

netfilter: ctnetlink: use helper function to calculate expect ID (CVE-2024-44944)

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: 233378

File Name: al2_ALASKERNEL-5_10-2025-084.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 3/27/2025

Updated: 3/27/2025

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: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-42302

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-livepatch-5.10.224-212.876

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/3/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-27397, CVE-2024-41042, CVE-2024-42159, CVE-2024-42259, CVE-2024-42284, CVE-2024-42285, CVE-2024-42287, CVE-2024-42302, CVE-2024-43871, CVE-2024-43880, CVE-2024-43882, CVE-2024-44944

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