ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2025-097


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2025-097
Advisory Released Date: 2025-04-01
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-06-19
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

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

Squashfs: check the inode number is not the invalid value of zero (CVE-2024-26982)

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

smb: client: fix UAF in smb2_reconnect_server() (CVE-2024-35870)

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

rdma/cxgb4: Prevent potential integer overflow on 32bit (CVE-2024-57973)

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

memcg: fix soft lockup in the OOM process (CVE-2024-57977)

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

pps: Fix a use-after-free (CVE-2024-57979)

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

usb: xhci: Fix NULL pointer dereference on certain command aborts (CVE-2024-57981)

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

HID: core: Fix assumption that Resolution Multipliers must be in Logical Collections (CVE-2024-57986)

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

HID: multitouch: Add NULL check in mt_input_configured (CVE-2024-58020)

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

rtc: pcf85063: fix potential OOB write in PCF85063 NVMEM read (CVE-2024-58069)

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

team: prevent adding a device which is already a team device lower (CVE-2024-58071)

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

KVM: Explicitly verify target vCPU is online in kvm_get_vcpu() (CVE-2024-58083)

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

sched/core: Prevent rescheduling when interrupts are disabled (CVE-2024-58090)

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

sched: sch_cake: add bounds checks to host bulk flow fairness counts (CVE-2025-21647)

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

net: sched: Disallow replacing of child qdisc from one parent to another (CVE-2025-21700)

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

pfifo_tail_enqueue: Drop new packet when sch->limit == 0 (CVE-2025-21702)

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

net: usb: rtl8150: enable basic endpoint checking (CVE-2025-21708)

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

ipmr: do not call mr_mfc_uses_dev() for unres entries (CVE-2025-21719)

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

nilfs2: handle errors that nilfs_prepare_chunk() may return (CVE-2025-21721)

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

nilfs2: do not force clear folio if buffer is referenced (CVE-2025-21722)

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

bpf: Send signals asynchronously if !preemptible (CVE-2025-21728)

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

nbd: don't allow reconnect after disconnect (CVE-2025-21731)

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

btrfs: fix use-after-free when attempting to join an aborted transaction (CVE-2025-21753)

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

ndisc: extend RCU protection in ndisc_send_skb() (CVE-2025-21760)

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

openvswitch: use RCU protection in ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info() (CVE-2025-21761)

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

arp: use RCU protection in arp_xmit() (CVE-2025-21762)

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

neighbour: use RCU protection in __neigh_notify() (CVE-2025-21763)

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

ndisc: use RCU protection in ndisc_alloc_skb() (CVE-2025-21764)

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

partitions: mac: fix handling of bogus partition table (CVE-2025-21772)

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

USB: hub: Ignore non-compliant devices with too many configs or interfaces (CVE-2025-21776)

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

arm64: cacheinfo: Avoid out-of-bounds write to cacheinfo array (CVE-2025-21785)

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

team: better TEAM_OPTION_TYPE_STRING validation (CVE-2025-21787)

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

vrf: use RCU protection in l3mdev_l3_out() (CVE-2025-21791)

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

net: let net.core.dev_weight always be non-zero (CVE-2025-21806)

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

nilfs2: protect access to buffers with no active references (CVE-2025-21811)

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

ptp: Ensure info->enable callback is always set (CVE-2025-21814)

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

acct: perform last write from workqueue (CVE-2025-21846)

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

geneve: Fix use-after-free in geneve_find_dev(). (CVE-2025-21858)

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

drop_monitor: fix incorrect initialization order (CVE-2025-21862)

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

usbnet: gl620a: fix endpoint checking in genelink_bind() (CVE-2025-21877)

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

vlan: enforce underlying device type (CVE-2025-21920)

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

ppp: Fix KMSAN uninit-value warning with bpf (CVE-2025-21922)

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

net: gso: fix ownership in __udp_gso_segment (CVE-2025-21926)

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

HID: intel-ish-hid: Fix use-after-free issue in ishtp_hid_remove() (CVE-2025-21928)

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

HID: appleir: Fix potential NULL dereference at raw event handle (CVE-2025-21948)


Affected Packages:

kernel


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 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-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.4.291-206.400.amzn2.x86_64

Changelog:

2025-06-19: CVE-2025-21948 was added to this advisory.

2025-06-19: CVE-2025-21922 was added to this advisory.

2025-05-21: CVE-2024-57973 was added to this advisory.

2025-05-21: CVE-2025-21708 was added to this advisory.

2025-05-21: CVE-2025-21806 was added to this advisory.

2025-05-21: CVE-2025-21877 was added to this advisory.

2025-05-21: CVE-2024-58090 was added to this advisory.

2025-05-21: CVE-2025-21862 was added to this advisory.

2025-05-21: CVE-2025-21846 was added to this advisory.

2025-05-21: CVE-2024-57977 was added to this advisory.

2025-05-21: CVE-2025-21719 was added to this advisory.

2025-05-21: CVE-2025-21728 was added to this advisory.

2025-05-21: CVE-2024-58071 was added to this advisory.

2025-05-21: CVE-2025-21721 was added to this advisory.

2025-05-21: CVE-2025-21772 was added to this advisory.

2025-05-21: CVE-2024-58020 was added to this advisory.

2025-05-21: CVE-2024-57986 was added to this advisory.

2025-05-21: CVE-2025-21814 was added to this advisory.

2025-05-21: CVE-2025-21926 was added to this advisory.

2025-05-21: CVE-2024-57981 was added to this advisory.

2025-05-21: CVE-2025-21776 was added to this advisory.

2025-05-21: CVE-2025-21787 was added to this advisory.

2025-04-23: CVE-2025-21928 was added to this advisory.

2025-04-23: CVE-2025-21920 was added to this advisory.

2025-04-09: CVE-2025-21785 was added to this advisory.

2025-04-09: CVE-2025-21811 was added to this advisory.

2025-04-09: CVE-2025-21858 was added to this advisory.

2025-04-09: CVE-2024-58083 was added to this advisory.