Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2025-082
Advisory Released Date: 2025-07-10
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-07-16
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity
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:
mm: hugetlb: independent PMD page table shared count (CVE-2024-57883)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net_sched: sch_sfq: don't allow 1 packet limit (CVE-2024-57996)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/huge_memory: fix dereferencing invalid pmd migration entry (CVE-2025-37958)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/hugetlb: unshare page tables during VMA split, not before (CVE-2025-38084)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/mlx5: Fix error flow upon firmware failure for RQ destruction (CVE-2025-38161)
Affected Packages:
kernel
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 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 to update your system.
System reboot is required in order to complete this update.
aarch64:
kernel-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-headers-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.aarch64
perf-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.aarch64
perf-debuginfo-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-debuginfo-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-devel-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.aarch64
bpftool-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.aarch64
bpftool-debuginfo-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-devel-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-livepatch-5.15.186-128.192-1.0-0.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
kernel-headers-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.i686
src:
kernel-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.src
x86_64:
kernel-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-headers-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.x86_64
perf-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.x86_64
perf-debuginfo-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-debuginfo-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-devel-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.x86_64
bpftool-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.x86_64
bpftool-debuginfo-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-devel-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-5.15.186-128.192.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-livepatch-5.15.186-128.192-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64