Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2025-2944
Advisory Released Date: 2025-07-30
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-08-26
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm thin: fix use-after-free crash in dm_sm_register_threshold_callback (CVE-2022-50092)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sched, cpuset: Fix dl_cpu_busy() panic due to empty cs->cpus_allowed (CVE-2022-50103)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: fix off-by-one error in do_split (CVE-2025-23150)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: Fix use-after-free in cifs_fill_dirent (CVE-2025-38051)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: target: iscsi: Fix timeout on deleted connection (CVE-2025-38075)
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 or yum update --advisory ALAS2-2025-2944 to update your system.
System reboot is required in order to complete this update.
aarch64:
kernel-4.14.355-280.652.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-headers-4.14.355-280.652.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.355-280.652.amzn2.aarch64
perf-4.14.355-280.652.amzn2.aarch64
perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.652.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-4.14.355-280.652.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.652.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-4.14.355-280.652.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-devel-4.14.355-280.652.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.652.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-devel-4.14.355-280.652.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.652.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
kernel-headers-4.14.355-280.652.amzn2.i686
src:
kernel-4.14.355-280.652.amzn2.src
x86_64:
kernel-4.14.355-280.652.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-headers-4.14.355-280.652.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.355-280.652.amzn2.x86_64
perf-4.14.355-280.652.amzn2.x86_64
perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.652.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-4.14.355-280.652.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.652.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-4.14.355-280.652.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-devel-4.14.355-280.652.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.652.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-devel-4.14.355-280.652.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.652.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-livepatch-4.14.355-280.652-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64
2025-08-26: CVE-2022-50103 was added to this advisory.
2025-08-26: CVE-2025-38075 was added to this advisory.