Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASKERNEL-5.15-2025-061
Advisory Release Date: 2025-01-21 20:23 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-01-24 11:42 Pacific
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
NFSD: Limit the number of concurrent async COPY operations (CVE-2024-49974)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
driver core: bus: Fix double free in driver API bus_register() (CVE-2024-50055)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nfsd: cancel nfsd_shrinker_work using sync mode in nfs4_state_shutdown_net (CVE-2024-50121)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tcp: Fix use-after-free of nreq in reqsk_timer_handler(). (CVE-2024-53206)
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 to update your system.
System reboot is required in order to complete this update.
aarch64:
kernel-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-headers-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.aarch64
perf-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.aarch64
perf-debuginfo-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-debuginfo-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-devel-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.aarch64
bpftool-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.aarch64
bpftool-debuginfo-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-devel-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-livepatch-5.15.176-118.170-1.0-0.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
kernel-headers-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.i686
src:
kernel-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.src
x86_64:
kernel-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-headers-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.x86_64
perf-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.x86_64
perf-debuginfo-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-debuginfo-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-devel-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.x86_64
bpftool-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.x86_64
bpftool-debuginfo-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-devel-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-5.15.176-118.170.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-livepatch-5.15.176-118.170-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64