ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2025-078

Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2025-078
Advisory Released Date: 2025-07-10
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-07-29
Severity: Important
Issue Overview:

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

btrfs: don't BUG_ON() when 0 reference count at btrfs_lookup_extent_info() (CVE-2024-46751)

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

sctp: add mutual exclusion in proc_sctp_do_udp_port() (CVE-2025-22062)

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

xenbus: Use kref to track req lifetime (CVE-2025-37949)

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

x86/mm: Eliminate window where TLB flushes may be inadvertently skipped (CVE-2025-37964)

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

net_sched: Flush gso_skb list too during ->change() (CVE-2025-37992)

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

module: ensure that kobject_put() is safe for module type kobjects (CVE-2025-37995)

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

netfilter: ipset: fix region locking in hash types (CVE-2025-37997)

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

openvswitch: Fix unsafe attribute parsing in output_userspace() (CVE-2025-37998)

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

nfs: handle failure of nfs_get_lock_context in unlock path (CVE-2025-38023)


Affected Packages:

kernel


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra. Visit this page to learn more about Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Extras and this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update kernel or yum update --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2025-078 to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    kernel-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-livepatch-5.15.184-125.189-1.0-0.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.15.184-125.189.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-livepatch-5.15.184-125.189-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64

Additional References

Release Notes:  Amazon Linux 2 Release Notes

Red Hat: CVE-2024-46751, CVE-2025-22062, CVE-2025-37949, CVE-2025-37964, CVE-2025-37992, CVE-2025-37995, CVE-2025-37997, CVE-2025-37998, CVE-2025-38023

Mitre: CVE-2024-46751, CVE-2025-22062, CVE-2025-37949, CVE-2025-37964, CVE-2025-37992, CVE-2025-37995, CVE-2025-37997, CVE-2025-37998, CVE-2025-38023