ALASKERNEL-5.15-2025-064

Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASKERNEL-5.15-2025-064
Advisory Release Date: 2025-03-03 19:09 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-03-26 19:21 Pacific
Severity: Important
Issue Overview:

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

ata: libata-core: Fix null pointer dereference on error (CVE-2024-41098)

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

netfilter: flowtable: validate vlan header (CVE-2024-44983)

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

ipv6: fix possible UAF in ip6_finish_output2() (CVE-2024-44986)

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

vfs: Don't evict inode under the inode lru traversing context (CVE-2024-45003)

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

ethtool: check device is present when getting link settings (CVE-2024-46679)

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

soc: qcom: cmd-db: Map shared memory as WC, not WB (CVE-2024-46689)

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

KVM: arm64: Make ICC_*SGI*_EL1 undef in the absence of a vGICv3 (CVE-2024-46707)

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

fou: Fix null-ptr-deref in GRO. (CVE-2024-46763)


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.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    kernel-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-livepatch-5.15.166-111.163-1.0-0.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.15.166-111.163.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-livepatch-5.15.166-111.163-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64

Additional References

Release Notes:  Amazon Linux 2 Release Notes

Red Hat: CVE-2024-41098, CVE-2024-44983, CVE-2024-44986, CVE-2024-45003, CVE-2024-46679, CVE-2024-46689, CVE-2024-46707, CVE-2024-46763

Mitre: CVE-2024-41098, CVE-2024-44983, CVE-2024-44986, CVE-2024-45003, CVE-2024-46679, CVE-2024-46689, CVE-2024-46707, CVE-2024-46763