Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2025-257
Advisory Released Date: 2025-08-19
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-08-19
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dma-buf/dma-resv: check if the new fence is really later (CVE-2022-49935)
Affected Packages:
kernel-livepatch-5.10.238-234.956
Issue Correction:
Please ensure you have live patching enabled. Run yum update kernel-livepatch-5.10.238-234.956 or yum update --advisory ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2025-257 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
kernel-livepatch-5.10.238-234.956-1.0-1.amzn2.aarch64
src:
kernel-livepatch-5.10.238-234.956-1.0-1.amzn2.src
x86_64:
kernel-livepatch-5.10.238-234.956-1.0-1.amzn2.x86_64