ALAS2-2025-2968

Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2025-2968
Advisory Released Date: 2025-08-19
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-08-26
Severity: Important
Issue Overview:

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

dma-buf/dma-resv: check if the new fence is really later (CVE-2022-49935)

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

ftrace: Add cond_resched() to ftrace_graph_set_hash() (CVE-2025-37940)

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

net: pktgen: fix access outside of user given buffer in pktgen_thread_write() (CVE-2025-38061)

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

net: ch9200: fix uninitialised access during mii_nway_restart (CVE-2025-38086)

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

RDMA/mlx5: Fix error flow upon firmware failure for RQ destruction (CVE-2025-38161)


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 ALAS2-2025-2968 to update your system.
System reboot is required in order to complete this update.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    kernel-4.14.355-280.672.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-4.14.355-280.672.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.355-280.672.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-4.14.355-280.672.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.672.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-4.14.355-280.672.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.672.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-4.14.355-280.672.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.355-280.672.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.672.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-4.14.355-280.672.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.672.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-4.14.355-280.672.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-4.14.355-280.672.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-4.14.355-280.672.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-4.14.355-280.672.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.355-280.672.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-4.14.355-280.672.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.672.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-4.14.355-280.672.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.672.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-4.14.355-280.672.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.355-280.672.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.672.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-4.14.355-280.672.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.672.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-livepatch-4.14.355-280.672-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64

Changelog:

2025-08-26: CVE-2025-38061 was added to this advisory.

Additional References

Release Notes:  Amazon Linux 2 Release Notes

Red Hat: CVE-2022-49935, CVE-2025-37940, CVE-2025-38061, CVE-2025-38086, CVE-2025-38161

Mitre: CVE-2022-49935, CVE-2025-37940, CVE-2025-38061, CVE-2025-38086, CVE-2025-38161