Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2025-2759
Advisory Release Date: 2025-02-12 23:17 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-02-25 10:30 Pacific
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ACPI: sysfs: validate return type of _STR method (CVE-2024-49860)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
driver core: bus: Fix double free in driver API bus_register() (CVE-2024-50055)
Affected Packages:
kernel
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit 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-4.14.355-275.591.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-headers-4.14.355-275.591.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.355-275.591.amzn2.aarch64
perf-4.14.355-275.591.amzn2.aarch64
perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-275.591.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-4.14.355-275.591.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-275.591.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-4.14.355-275.591.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-devel-4.14.355-275.591.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.355-275.591.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-devel-4.14.355-275.591.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.355-275.591.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
kernel-headers-4.14.355-275.591.amzn2.i686
src:
kernel-4.14.355-275.591.amzn2.src
x86_64:
kernel-4.14.355-275.591.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-headers-4.14.355-275.591.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.355-275.591.amzn2.x86_64
perf-4.14.355-275.591.amzn2.x86_64
perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-275.591.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-4.14.355-275.591.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-275.591.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-4.14.355-275.591.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-devel-4.14.355-275.591.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.355-275.591.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-devel-4.14.355-275.591.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.355-275.591.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-livepatch-4.14.355-275.591-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64