ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2025-101


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2025-101
Advisory Released Date: 2025-08-09
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-09-08
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

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

net: tap: NULL pointer derefence in dev_parse_header_protocol when skb->dev is null (CVE-2022-50073)

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

KVM: x86/mmu: Treat NX as a valid SPTE bit for NPT (CVE-2022-50224)

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

ACPI: PAD: fix crash in exit_round_robin() (CVE-2024-49935)

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

codel: remove sch->q.qlen check before qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() (CVE-2025-37798)

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

sch_htb: make htb_qlen_notify() idempotent (CVE-2025-37932)

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

serial: mctrl_gpio: split disable_ms into sync and no_sync APIs (CVE-2025-38040)

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

virtio: break and reset virtio devices on device_shutdown() (CVE-2025-38064)

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

rseq: Fix segfault on registration when rseq_cs is non-zero (CVE-2025-38067)

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

VMCI: fix race between vmci_host_setup_notify and vmci_ctx_unset_notify (CVE-2025-38102)

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

sch_hfsc: make hfsc_qlen_notify() idempotent (CVE-2025-38177)

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:

RDMA/iwcm: Fix use-after-free of work objects after cm_id destruction (CVE-2025-38211)

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

bcache: fix NULL pointer in cache_set_flush() (CVE-2025-38263)

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

net/sched: Always pass notifications when child class becomes empty (CVE-2025-38350)

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

ACPICA: Refuse to evaluate a method if arguments are missing (CVE-2025-38386)

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

drm/i915/gt: Fix timeline left held on VMA alloc error (CVE-2025-38389)

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

NFSv4/pNFS: Fix a race to wake on NFS_LAYOUT_DRAIN (CVE-2025-38393)

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

scsi: target: Fix NULL pointer dereference in core_scsi3_decode_spec_i_port() (CVE-2025-38399)

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

nfs: Clean up /proc/net/rpc/nfs when nfs_fs_proc_net_init() fails. (CVE-2025-38400)

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

vsock/vmci: Clear the vmci transport packet properly when initializing it (CVE-2025-38403)

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

bnxt_en: Set DMA unmap len correctly for XDP_REDIRECT (CVE-2025-38439)

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

md/raid1: Fix stack memory use after return in raid1_reshape (CVE-2025-38445)

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

net/sched: Abort __tc_modify_qdisc if parent class does not exist (CVE-2025-38457)

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

vsock: Fix transport_* TOCTOU (CVE-2025-38461)

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

vsock: Fix transport_{g2h,h2g} TOCTOU (CVE-2025-38462)

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

tipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_conn_close(). (CVE-2025-38464)

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

perf: Revert to requiring CAP_SYS_ADMIN for uprobes (CVE-2025-38466)


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-5.10-2025-101 to update your system.
System reboot is required in order to complete this update.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    kernel-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-livepatch-5.10.240-238.959-1.0-0.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.10.240-238.959.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-livepatch-5.10.240-238.959-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64

Changelog:

2025-09-08: CVE-2025-38466 was added to this advisory.

2025-09-08: CVE-2025-38439 was added to this advisory.

2025-09-08: CVE-2025-38461 was added to this advisory.

2025-09-08: CVE-2025-38399 was added to this advisory.

2025-09-08: CVE-2025-38457 was added to this advisory.

2025-09-08: CVE-2025-38462 was added to this advisory.

2025-09-08: CVE-2025-38464 was added to this advisory.

2025-09-08: CVE-2025-38386 was added to this advisory.

2025-09-08: CVE-2025-38445 was added to this advisory.

2025-08-26: CVE-2025-38350 was added to this advisory.

2025-08-26: CVE-2025-38403 was added to this advisory.

2025-08-26: CVE-2025-38263 was added to this advisory.

2025-08-26: CVE-2025-38177 was added to this advisory.

2025-08-26: CVE-2025-38393 was added to this advisory.

2025-08-26: CVE-2025-38389 was added to this advisory.

2025-08-26: CVE-2025-38211 was added to this advisory.

2025-08-26: CVE-2025-38102 was added to this advisory.

2025-08-26: CVE-2025-38400 was added to this advisory.