Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2025-093
Advisory Released Date: 2025-10-27
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-11-11
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netdevsim: fix memory leak in nsim_drv_probe() when nsim_dev_resources_register() failed (CVE-2022-50500)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
libceph: fix invalid accesses to ceph_connection_v1_info (CVE-2025-39880)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/memory-failure: fix VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PagePoisoned(page)) when unpoison memory (CVE-2025-39883)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tcp_bpf: Call sk_msg_free() when tcp_bpf_send_verdict() fails to allocate psock->cork. (CVE-2025-39913)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cgroup: split cgroup_destroy_wq into 3 workqueues (CVE-2025-39953)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tcp: Clear tcp_sk(sk)->fastopen_rsk in tcp_disconnect(). (CVE-2025-39955)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: af_alg - Disallow concurrent writes in af_alg_sendmsg (CVE-2025-39964)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fbcon: fix integer overflow in fbcon_do_set_font (CVE-2025-39967)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nexthop: Forbid FDB status change while nexthop is in a group (CVE-2025-39980)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tracing: dynevent: Add a missing lockdown check on dynevent (CVE-2025-40021)
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-5.15-2025-093 to update your system.
System reboot is required in order to complete this update.
aarch64:
kernel-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-headers-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.aarch64
perf-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.aarch64
perf-debuginfo-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-debuginfo-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-devel-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.aarch64
bpftool-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.aarch64
bpftool-debuginfo-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-devel-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-livepatch-5.15.194-135.217-1.0-0.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
kernel-headers-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.i686
src:
kernel-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.src
x86_64:
kernel-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-headers-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.x86_64
perf-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.x86_64
perf-debuginfo-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-debuginfo-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-devel-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.x86_64
bpftool-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.x86_64
bpftool-debuginfo-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-devel-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-5.15.194-135.217.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-livepatch-5.15.194-135.217-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64