ALAS2-2025-2929

Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2025-2929
Advisory Released Date: 2025-07-10
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-07-10

Severity: Important

References: CVE-2023-53137 CVE-2025-37923 CVE-2025-37942
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity

Issue Overview:

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

ext4: Fix possible corruption when moving a directory (CVE-2023-53137)

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

tracing: Fix oob write in trace_seq_to_buffer() (CVE-2025-37923)

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

HID: pidff: Make sure to fetch pool before checking SIMULTANEOUS_MAX (CVE-2025-37942)

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-4.14.355-280.651.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-4.14.355-280.651.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.355-280.651.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-4.14.355-280.651.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.651.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-4.14.355-280.651.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.651.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-4.14.355-280.651.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.355-280.651.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.651.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-4.14.355-280.651.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.651.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-4.14.355-280.651.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-4.14.355-280.651.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-4.14.355-280.651.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-4.14.355-280.651.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.355-280.651.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-4.14.355-280.651.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.651.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-4.14.355-280.651.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.651.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-4.14.355-280.651.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.355-280.651.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.651.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-4.14.355-280.651.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.651.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-livepatch-4.14.355-280.651-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64

Additional References

Release Notes: Amazon Linux 2 Release Notes

Red Hat: CVE-2023-53137, CVE-2025-37923, CVE-2025-37942

Mitre: CVE-2023-53137, CVE-2025-37923, CVE-2025-37942