ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2025-094

Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2025-094
Advisory Released Date: 2025-06-09
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-07-29

Severity: Important

References: CVE-2022-49063 CVE-2024-50154 CVE-2025-21927 CVE-2025-23150 CVE-2025-37940
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity

Issue Overview:

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

ice: arfs: fix use-after-free when freeing @rx_cpu_rmap (CVE-2022-49063)

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

tcp/dccp: Don't use timer_pending() in reqsk_queue_unlink(). (CVE-2024-50154)

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

nvme-tcp: fix potential memory corruption in nvme_tcp_recv_pdu() (CVE-2025-21927)

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:

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

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-5.10-2025-094 to update your system.
System reboot is required in order to complete this update.

New Packages:

aarch64:
    kernel-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-livepatch-5.10.237-230.949-1.0-0.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.10.237-230.949.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-livepatch-5.10.237-230.949-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64

Changelog:

2025-07-29: CVE-2025-23150 was added to this advisory.

2025-07-29: CVE-2024-50154 was added to this advisory.

2025-07-29: CVE-2025-37940 was added to this advisory.

Additional References

Release Notes: Amazon Linux 2 Release Notes

Red Hat: CVE-2022-49063, CVE-2024-50154, CVE-2025-21927, CVE-2025-23150, CVE-2025-37940

Mitre: CVE-2022-49063, CVE-2024-50154, CVE-2025-21927, CVE-2025-23150, CVE-2025-37940