Amazon Linux 2 (EOS) Security Advisory: ALAS2-2026-3954
Advisory Released Date: 2026-09-28
Advisory Updated Date: 2026-09-28
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
FreeIPMI before 1.6.19 has a stack-based buffer overflow in _ipmi_sel_oem_fujitsu_get_sel_entry_long_text in libfreeipmi/sel/ipmi-sel-string-fujitsu-irmc-common.c via malformed Fujitsu SEL long-text responses. (CVE-2026-85504)
Affected Packages:
freeipmi
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 freeipmi or yum update --advisory ALAS2-2026-3954 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
freeipmi-1.5.7-3.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
freeipmi-devel-1.5.7-3.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-1.5.7-3.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
freeipmi-ipmidetectd-1.5.7-3.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
freeipmi-ipmiseld-1.5.7-3.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
freeipmi-debuginfo-1.5.7-3.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
i686:
freeipmi-1.5.7-3.amzn2.0.1.i686
freeipmi-devel-1.5.7-3.amzn2.0.1.i686
freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-1.5.7-3.amzn2.0.1.i686
freeipmi-ipmidetectd-1.5.7-3.amzn2.0.1.i686
freeipmi-ipmiseld-1.5.7-3.amzn2.0.1.i686
freeipmi-debuginfo-1.5.7-3.amzn2.0.1.i686
src:
freeipmi-1.5.7-3.amzn2.0.1.src
x86_64:
freeipmi-1.5.7-3.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
freeipmi-devel-1.5.7-3.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-1.5.7-3.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
freeipmi-ipmidetectd-1.5.7-3.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
freeipmi-ipmiseld-1.5.7-3.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
freeipmi-debuginfo-1.5.7-3.amzn2.0.1.x86_64