ALAS2-2025-2837

Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2025-2837
Advisory Released Date: 2025-04-30
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-05-19
Severity: Important
Issue Overview:

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

dmaengine: Fix double increment of client_count in dma_chan_get() (CVE-2022-49753)

A memory corruption flaw was found in the Linux kernel's human interface device (HID) subsystem in how a user inserts a malicious USB device. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2023-1073)

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

x86/i8259: Mark legacy PIC interrupts with IRQ_LEVEL (CVE-2023-52993)

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

tracing: Make sure trace_printk() can output as soon as it can be used (CVE-2023-53007)

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

HID: betop: check shape of output reports (CVE-2023-53015)

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

net: mdio: validate parameter addr in mdiobus_get_phy() (CVE-2023-53019)


Affected Packages:

kernel


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update kernel to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    kernel-4.14.305-227.531.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-4.14.305-227.531.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.305-227.531.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-4.14.305-227.531.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.305-227.531.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-4.14.305-227.531.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.305-227.531.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-4.14.305-227.531.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.305-227.531.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.305-227.531.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-4.14.305-227.531.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.305-227.531.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-4.14.305-227.531.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-4.14.305-227.531.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-4.14.305-227.531.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-4.14.305-227.531.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.305-227.531.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-4.14.305-227.531.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.305-227.531.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-4.14.305-227.531.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.305-227.531.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-4.14.305-227.531.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.305-227.531.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.305-227.531.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-4.14.305-227.531.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.305-227.531.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-livepatch-4.14.305-227.531-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64

Changelog:

2025-05-19: CVE-2023-53015 was added to this advisory.

2025-05-19: CVE-2023-52993 was added to this advisory.

2025-05-19: CVE-2023-53019 was added to this advisory.

2025-05-19: CVE-2023-53007 was added to this advisory.

Additional References

Release Notes:  Amazon Linux 2 Release Notes

Red Hat: CVE-2022-49753, CVE-2023-1073, CVE-2023-52993, CVE-2023-53007, CVE-2023-53015, CVE-2023-53019

Mitre: CVE-2022-49753, CVE-2023-1073, CVE-2023-52993, CVE-2023-53007, CVE-2023-53015, CVE-2023-53019