ALASKERNEL-5.15-2025-068

Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASKERNEL-5.15-2025-068
Advisory Release Date: 2025-03-13 01:32 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-03-13 01:32 Pacific
Severity: Important
Issue Overview:

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

x86/speculation: Fill RSB on vmexit for IBRS (CVE-2022-49611)

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

nexthop: Fix data-races around nexthop_compat_mode. (CVE-2022-49629)

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

raw: Fix a data-race around sysctl_raw_l3mdev_accept. (CVE-2022-49631)

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

icmp: Fix data-races around sysctl_icmp_echo_enable_probe. (CVE-2022-49633)

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

icmp: Fix data-races around sysctl. (CVE-2022-49638)

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

sysctl: Fix data races in proc_douintvec_minmax(). (CVE-2022-49640)

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

cgroup: Use separate src/dst nodes when preloading css_sets for migration (CVE-2022-49647)


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-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-livepatch-5.15.57-29.131-1.0-0.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.15.57-29.131.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-livepatch-5.15.57-29.131-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2022-49611, CVE-2022-49629, CVE-2022-49631, CVE-2022-49633, CVE-2022-49638, CVE-2022-49640, CVE-2022-49647

Mitre: CVE-2022-49611, CVE-2022-49629, CVE-2022-49631, CVE-2022-49633, CVE-2022-49638, CVE-2022-49640, CVE-2022-49647