ALAS-2025-2800

Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2025-2800
Advisory Release Date: 2025-03-13 01:30 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-03-13 01:30 Pacific
Severity: Important
Issue Overview:

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:

ext4: fix timer use-after-free on failed mount (CVE-2024-49960)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer Since the report buffer is used by all kinds of drivers in various ways, let's zero-initialize it during allocation to make sure that it can't be ever used to leak kernel memory via specially-crafted report. (CVE-2024-50302)

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

smb: client: fix use-after-free of signing key (CVE-2024-53179)

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

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


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-4.14.355-275.603.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-4.14.355-275.603.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.355-275.603.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-4.14.355-275.603.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-275.603.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-4.14.355-275.603.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-275.603.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-4.14.355-275.603.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.355-275.603.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.355-275.603.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-4.14.355-275.603.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.355-275.603.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-4.14.355-275.603.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-4.14.355-275.603.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-4.14.355-275.603.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-4.14.355-275.603.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.355-275.603.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-4.14.355-275.603.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-275.603.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-4.14.355-275.603.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.355-275.603.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-4.14.355-275.603.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.355-275.603.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.355-275.603.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-4.14.355-275.603.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.355-275.603.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-livepatch-4.14.355-275.603-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2024-35870, CVE-2024-49960, CVE-2024-50302, CVE-2024-53179, CVE-2025-21702

Mitre: CVE-2024-35870, CVE-2024-49960, CVE-2024-50302, CVE-2024-53179, CVE-2025-21702