Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2025-3116
Advisory Released Date: 2026-01-05
Advisory Updated Date: 2026-01-05
EDK2 contains a vulnerability in BIOS where an attacker may cause "Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor" by local access. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will lead to possible information disclosure or escalation of privilege and impact Confidentiality. (CVE-2024-38798)
EDK2 contains a vulnerability in BIOS where an attacker may cause " Improper Input Validation" by local access. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could alter control flow in unexpected ways, potentially allowing arbitrary command execution and impacting Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability. (CVE-2025-2296)
Affected Packages:
edk2
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 edk2 or yum update --advisory ALAS2-2025-3116 to update your system.
aarch64:
edk2-tools-20240813-305.amzn2.aarch64
edk2-debuginfo-20240813-305.amzn2.aarch64
noarch:
edk2-ovmf-20240813-305.amzn2.noarch
edk2-tools-doc-20240813-305.amzn2.noarch
edk2-aarch64-20240813-305.amzn2.noarch
src:
edk2-20240813-305.amzn2.src
x86_64:
edk2-tools-20240813-305.amzn2.x86_64
edk2-debuginfo-20240813-305.amzn2.x86_64