Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS2023LIVEPATCH-2025-042
Advisory Released Date: 2025-04-16
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-04-16
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
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:
nfsd: clear acl_access/acl_default after releasing them (CVE-2025-21796)
Affected Packages:
kernel-livepatch-6.1.128-136.201
Issue Correction:
Please ensure you have live patching enabled. Run dnf update kernel-livepatch-6.1.128-136.201 --releasever latest or dnf update --advisory ALAS2023LIVEPATCH-2025-042 --releasever latest to update your system.
More information on how to update your system can be found on this page: Amazon Linux 2023 documentation
New Packages:
aarch64:
kernel-livepatch-6.1.128-136.201-1.0-2.amzn2023.aarch64
src:
kernel-livepatch-6.1.128-136.201-1.0-2.amzn2023.src
x86_64:
kernel-livepatch-6.1.128-136.201-1.0-2.amzn2023.x86_64