Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASKERNEL-5.15-2025-063
Advisory Release Date: 2025-02-12 23:07 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-02-25 09:10 Pacific
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: RFCOMM: Fix not validating setsockopt user input (CVE-2024-35966)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
gpiolib: cdev: Fix use after free in lineinfo_changed_notify (CVE-2024-36899)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: avoid possible NULL deref in rt6_uncached_list_flush_dev() (CVE-2024-47707)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: fix timer use-after-free on failed mount (CVE-2024-49960)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv4: ip_tunnel: Fix suspicious RCU usage warning in ip_tunnel_find() (CVE-2024-50304)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: sg: Fix slab-use-after-free read in sg_release() (CVE-2024-56631)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
blk-cgroup: Fix UAF in blkcg_unpin_online() (CVE-2024-56672)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
block, bfq: fix waker_bfqq UAF after bfq_split_bfqq() (CVE-2025-21631)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net_sched: cls_flow: validate TCA_FLOW_RSHIFT attribute (CVE-2025-21653)
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-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-headers-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.aarch64
perf-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.aarch64
perf-debuginfo-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-debuginfo-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-devel-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.aarch64
bpftool-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.aarch64
bpftool-debuginfo-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-devel-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-livepatch-5.15.178-120.178-1.0-0.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
kernel-headers-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.i686
src:
kernel-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.src
x86_64:
kernel-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-headers-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.x86_64
perf-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.x86_64
perf-debuginfo-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-debuginfo-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-devel-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.x86_64
bpftool-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.x86_64
bpftool-debuginfo-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-devel-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-5.15.178-120.178.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-livepatch-5.15.178-120.178-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64