Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2025-114
Advisory Released Date: 2025-11-10
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-11-11
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs: dlm: fix invalid derefence of sb_lvbptr (CVE-2022-50516)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: target: target_core_configfs: Add length check to avoid buffer overflow (CVE-2025-39998)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: mvsas: Fix use-after-free bugs in mvs_work_queue (CVE-2025-40001)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipvs: Defer ip_vs_ftp unregister during netns cleanup (CVE-2025-40018)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: essiv - Check ssize for decryption and in-place encryption (CVE-2025-40019)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: x86: Don't (re)check L1 intercepts when completing userspace I/O (CVE-2025-40026)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pinctrl: check the return value of pinmux_ops::get_function_name() (CVE-2025-40030)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Input: uinput - zero-initialize uinput_ff_upload_compat to avoid info leak (CVE-2025-40035)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tracing: Fix race condition in kprobe initialization causing NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2025-40042)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs: udf: fix OOB read in lengthAllocDescs handling (CVE-2025-40044)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
uio_hv_generic: Let userspace take care of interrupt mask (CVE-2025-40048)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Squashfs: fix uninit-value in squashfs_get_parent (CVE-2025-40049)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pps: fix warning in pps_register_cdev when register device fail (CVE-2025-40070)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Explicitly check accesses to bpf_sock_addr (CVE-2025-40078)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
perf: arm_spe: Prevent overflow in PERF_IDX2OFF() (CVE-2025-40081)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
NFSD: Define a proc_layoutcommit for the FlexFiles layout type (CVE-2025-40087)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hfsplus_strcasecmp() (CVE-2025-40088)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
vfs: Don't leak disconnected dentries on umount (CVE-2025-40105)
Affected Packages:
kernel
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 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-5.4-2025-114 to update your system.
System reboot is required in order to complete this update.
aarch64:
kernel-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-headers-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.aarch64
perf-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.aarch64
perf-debuginfo-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-devel-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.aarch64
bpftool-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.aarch64
bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-devel-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
kernel-headers-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.i686
src:
kernel-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.src
x86_64:
kernel-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-headers-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.x86_64
perf-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.x86_64
perf-debuginfo-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-devel-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.x86_64
bpftool-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.x86_64
bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-devel-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-5.4.301-221.445.amzn2.x86_64