ALAS2-2025-2865

Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2025-2865
Advisory Released Date: 2025-05-29
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-05-29

Severity: Important

References: CVE-2024-53173 CVE-2024-58083 CVE-2025-21722
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity

Issue Overview:

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

NFSv4.0: Fix a use-after-free problem in the asynchronous open() (CVE-2024-53173)

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

KVM: Explicitly verify target vCPU is online in kvm_get_vcpu() (CVE-2024-58083)

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

nilfs2: do not force clear folio if buffer is referenced (CVE-2025-21722)

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.
System reboot is required in order to complete this update.

New Packages:

aarch64:
    kernel-4.14.355-277.647.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-4.14.355-277.647.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.355-277.647.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-4.14.355-277.647.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-277.647.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-4.14.355-277.647.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-277.647.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-4.14.355-277.647.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.355-277.647.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.355-277.647.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-4.14.355-277.647.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.355-277.647.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-4.14.355-277.647.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-4.14.355-277.647.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-4.14.355-277.647.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-4.14.355-277.647.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.355-277.647.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-4.14.355-277.647.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-277.647.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-4.14.355-277.647.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-277.647.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-4.14.355-277.647.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.355-277.647.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.355-277.647.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-4.14.355-277.647.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.355-277.647.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-livepatch-4.14.355-277.647-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64

Additional References

Release Notes: Amazon Linux 2 Release Notes

Red Hat: CVE-2024-53173, CVE-2024-58083, CVE-2025-21722

Mitre: CVE-2024-53173, CVE-2024-58083, CVE-2025-21722