Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASKERNEL-5.4-2025-090
Advisory Release Date: 2025-01-21 20:23 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-01-31 05:43 Pacific
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity
2025-01-31: CVE-2024-26921 was added to this advisory.
2025-01-31: CVE-2024-47685 was added to this advisory.
2025-01-31: CVE-2024-38538 was added to this advisory.
2025-01-31: CVE-2024-49996 was added to this advisory.
2025-01-31: CVE-2024-50033 was added to this advisory.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
inet: inet_defrag: prevent sk release while still in use (CVE-2024-26921)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: bridge: xmit: make sure we have at least eth header len bytes (CVE-2024-38538)
syzbot reported that nf_reject_ip6_tcphdr_put() was possibly sending garbage on the four reserved tcp bits (th->res1)
Use skb_put_zero() to clear the whole TCP header, as done in nf_reject_ip_tcphdr_put() (CVE-2024-47685)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: avoid OOB when system.data xattr changes underneath the filesystem (CVE-2024-47701)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
firmware_loader: Block path traversal (CVE-2024-47742)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nilfs2: fix potential oob read in nilfs_btree_check_delete() (CVE-2024-47757)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ACPI: sysfs: validate return type of _STR method (CVE-2024-49860)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: fix double brelse() the buffer of the extents path (CVE-2024-49882)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: aovid use-after-free in ext4_ext_insert_extent() (CVE-2024-49883)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tipc: guard against string buffer overrun (CVE-2024-49995)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cifs: Fix buffer overflow when parsing NFS reparse points (CVE-2024-49996)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
slip: make slhc_remember() more robust against malicious packets (CVE-2024-50033)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ppp: fix ppp_async_encode() illegal access (CVE-2024-50035)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: sched: fix use-after-free in taprio_change() (CVE-2024-50127)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tracing: Consider the NULL character when validating the event length (CVE-2024-50131)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
udf: fix uninit-value use in udf_get_fileshortad (CVE-2024-50143)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: typec: altmode should keep reference to parent (CVE-2024-50150)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: fix OOBs when building SMB2_IOCTL request (CVE-2024-50151)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nilfs2: fix kernel bug due to missing clearing of checked flag (CVE-2024-50230)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Fix out-of-bounds write in trie_get_next_key() (CVE-2024-50262)
Affected Packages:
kernel
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 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.
aarch64:
kernel-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-headers-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
perf-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
perf-debuginfo-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-devel-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
bpftool-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-devel-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
kernel-debuginfo-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
kernel-headers-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.i686
src:
kernel-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.src
x86_64:
kernel-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-headers-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64
perf-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64
perf-debuginfo-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64
python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-devel-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64
bpftool-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64
bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-devel-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-5.4.286-201.385.amzn2.x86_64