Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2023-041
Advisory Released Date: 2023-10-19
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-10-18
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity
A flaw was found in rsvp_change(). The root cause is an slab-out-of-bound access, but since the offset to the original pointer is an `unsign int` fully controlled by users, the behavior is usually a wild pointer access. (CVE-2023-42755)
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.
Addition and removal of rules from chain bindings within the same transaction causes leads to use-after-free.
We recommend upgrading past commit f15f29fd4779be8a418b66e9d52979bb6d6c2325. (CVE-2023-5197)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ACPICA: Add AML_NO_OPERAND_RESOLVE flag to Timer (CVE-2023-53395)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
kobject: Add sanity check for kset->kobj.ktype in kset_register() (CVE-2023-53480)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
jfs: fix invalid free of JFS_IP(ipimap)->i_imap in diUnmount (CVE-2023-53616)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: output extra debug info if we failed to find an inline backref (CVE-2023-53672)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: target: iscsi: Fix buffer overflow in lio_target_nacl_info_show() (CVE-2023-53676)
Affected Packages:
kernel
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra. Visit this page to learn more about Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Extras and this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update kernel or yum update --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2023-041 to update your system.
aarch64:
kernel-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-headers-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.aarch64
perf-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.aarch64
perf-debuginfo-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-debuginfo-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-devel-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.aarch64
bpftool-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.aarch64
bpftool-debuginfo-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-devel-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-livepatch-5.10.197-186.748-1.0-0.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
kernel-headers-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.i686
src:
kernel-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.src
x86_64:
kernel-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-headers-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.x86_64
perf-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.x86_64
perf-debuginfo-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-debuginfo-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-devel-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.x86_64
bpftool-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.x86_64
bpftool-debuginfo-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-devel-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-5.10.197-186.748.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-livepatch-5.10.197-186.748-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64
2025-10-18: CVE-2023-53616 was added to this advisory.
2025-10-18: CVE-2023-53672 was added to this advisory.
2025-10-18: CVE-2023-53676 was added to this advisory.
2025-10-08: CVE-2023-53480 was added to this advisory.
2025-10-02: CVE-2023-53395 was added to this advisory.