ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2025-082


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2025-082
Advisory Released Date: 2025-07-10
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-07-16
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

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.

New Packages:
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