ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2025-104


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2025-104
Advisory Released Date: 2025-07-10
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-09-08
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

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

NFSD: Fix ia_size underflow (CVE-2022-48828)

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

netfilter: nft_socket: fix sk refcount leaks (CVE-2024-46855)

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

net: fix geneve_opt length integer overflow (CVE-2025-22055)

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

HID: pidff: Make sure to fetch pool before checking SIMULTANEOUS_MAX (CVE-2025-37942)

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:

net_sched: prio: fix a race in prio_tune() (CVE-2025-38083)

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

net: ch9200: fix uninitialised access during mii_nway_restart (CVE-2025-38086)

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

HID: usbhid: Eliminate recurrent out-of-bounds bug in usbhid_parse() (CVE-2025-38103)

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

net_sched: red: fix a race in __red_change() (CVE-2025-38108)

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

net_sched: sch_sfq: fix a potential crash on gso_skb handling (CVE-2025-38115)

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

calipso: Don't call calipso functions for AF_INET sk. (CVE-2025-38147)

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

calipso: Fix null-ptr-deref in calipso_req_{set,del}attr(). (CVE-2025-38181)

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

tipc: fix null-ptr-deref when acquiring remote ip of ethernet bearer (CVE-2025-38184)

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

i40e: fix MMIO write access to an invalid page in i40e_clear_hw (CVE-2025-38200)

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

ipc: fix to protect IPCS lookups using RCU (CVE-2025-38212)

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

vgacon: Add check for vc_origin address range in vgacon_scroll() (CVE-2025-38213)

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

fbdev: Fix fb_set_var to prevent null-ptr-deref in fb_videomode_to_var (CVE-2025-38214)

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

ext4: inline: fix len overflow in ext4_prepare_inline_data (CVE-2025-38222)

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

bpf: Fix WARN() in get_bpf_raw_tp_regs (CVE-2025-38285)

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

EDAC/skx_common: Fix general protection fault (CVE-2025-38298)

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

fbdev: core: fbcvt: avoid division by 0 in fb_cvt_hperiod() (CVE-2025-38312)

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

arm64/ptrace: Fix stack-out-of-bounds read in regs_get_kernel_stack_nth() (CVE-2025-38320)

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

mpls: Use rcu_dereference_rtnl() in mpls_route_input_rcu(). (CVE-2025-38324)

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

scsi: lpfc: Use memcpy() for BIOS version (CVE-2025-38332)

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

jbd2: fix data-race and null-ptr-deref in jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata() (CVE-2025-38337)

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

ACPICA: fix acpi parse and parseext cache leaks (CVE-2025-38344)

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

ACPICA: fix acpi operand cache leak in dswstate.c (CVE-2025-38345)

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

ftrace: Fix UAF when lookup kallsym after ftrace disabled (CVE-2025-38346)

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

posix-cpu-timers: fix race between handle_posix_cpu_timers() and posix_cpu_timer_del() (CVE-2025-38352)

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

Squashfs: check return result of sb_min_blocksize (CVE-2025-38415)

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

perf: Fix sample vs do_exit() (CVE-2025-38424)

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

do_change_type(): refuse to operate on unmounted/not ours mounts (CVE-2025-38498)


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 or yum update --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2025-104 to update your system.
System reboot is required in order to complete this update.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    kernel-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.4.295-216.421.amzn2.x86_64

Changelog:

2025-09-08: CVE-2025-38415 was added to this advisory.

2025-09-08: CVE-2025-38498 was added to this advisory.

2025-09-08: CVE-2025-38424 was added to this advisory.

2025-08-26: CVE-2025-38352 was added to this advisory.

2025-08-26: CVE-2025-38212 was added to this advisory.

2025-08-26: CVE-2025-38222 was added to this advisory.

2025-08-26: CVE-2025-38181 was added to this advisory.

2025-08-26: CVE-2025-38345 was added to this advisory.

2025-08-26: CVE-2025-38298 was added to this advisory.

2025-08-26: CVE-2025-38200 was added to this advisory.

2025-08-26: CVE-2025-38214 was added to this advisory.

2025-08-26: CVE-2025-38184 was added to this advisory.

2025-08-26: CVE-2025-38332 was added to this advisory.

2025-08-26: CVE-2025-38344 was added to this advisory.

2025-08-26: CVE-2025-38337 was added to this advisory.

2025-08-26: CVE-2025-38103 was added to this advisory.

2025-08-26: CVE-2025-38346 was added to this advisory.

2025-08-26: CVE-2025-38213 was added to this advisory.