ALAS2-2025-3001

Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2025-3001
Advisory Released Date: 2025-09-16
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-09-16

Severity: Important

References: CVE-2023-52935 CVE-2025-38193 CVE-2025-38200 CVE-2025-38477 CVE-2025-38499
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity

Issue Overview:

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

mm/khugepaged: fix ->anon_vma race (CVE-2023-52935)

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

net_sched: sch_sfq: reject invalid perturb period (CVE-2025-38193)

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

i40e: fix MMIO write access to an invalid page in i40e_clear_hw (CVE-2025-38200)

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

net/sched: sch_qfq: Fix race condition on qfq_aggregate (CVE-2025-38477)

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

clone_private_mnt(): make sure that caller has CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the right userns (CVE-2025-38499)

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 ALAS2-2025-3001 to update your system.
System reboot is required in order to complete this update.

New Packages:

aarch64:
    kernel-4.14.355-280.684.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-4.14.355-280.684.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.355-280.684.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-4.14.355-280.684.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.684.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-4.14.355-280.684.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.684.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-4.14.355-280.684.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.355-280.684.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.684.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-4.14.355-280.684.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.684.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-4.14.355-280.684.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-4.14.355-280.684.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-4.14.355-280.684.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-4.14.355-280.684.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.355-280.684.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-4.14.355-280.684.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.684.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-4.14.355-280.684.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.684.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-4.14.355-280.684.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.355-280.684.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.684.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-4.14.355-280.684.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.355-280.684.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-livepatch-4.14.355-280.684-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64

Additional References

Release Notes: Amazon Linux 2 Release Notes

Red Hat: CVE-2023-52935, CVE-2025-38193, CVE-2025-38200, CVE-2025-38477, CVE-2025-38499

Mitre: CVE-2023-52935, CVE-2025-38193, CVE-2025-38200, CVE-2025-38477, CVE-2025-38499