ALASKERNEL-5.10-2025-085


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASKERNEL-5.10-2025-085
Advisory Release Date: 2025-03-13 01:33 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-03-26 12:30 Pacific
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

Insufficient control flow management for the Intel(R) 82599 Ethernet Controllers and Adapters may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access. (CVE-2021-33061)

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

KVM: x86: Acquire kvm->srcu when handling KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS (CVE-2024-46830)

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

sched: sch_cake: add bounds checks to host bulk flow fairness counts (CVE-2025-21647)

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

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

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

netem: Update sch->q.qlen before qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() (CVE-2025-21703)


Affected Packages:

kernel


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 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 to update your system.
System reboot is required in order to complete this update.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    kernel-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-livepatch-5.10.234-225.917-1.0-0.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.10.234-225.917.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-livepatch-5.10.234-225.917-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64