ALASKERNEL-5.4-2025-092

Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASKERNEL-5.4-2025-092
Advisory Release Date: 2025-01-31 05:43 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-02-03 16:55 Pacific
Severity: Important
Issue Overview:

Placeholder CVE. Details forthcoming (CVE-2024-10929)

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

ext4: fix slab-use-after-free in ext4_split_extent_at() (CVE-2024-49884)

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

net/xen-netback: prevent UAF in xenvif_flush_hash() (CVE-2024-49936)

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

uprobe: avoid out-of-bounds memory access of fetching args (CVE-2024-50067)


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.
System reboot is required in order to complete this update.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    kernel-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.4.289-204.398.amzn2.x86_64

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2024-10929, CVE-2024-49884, CVE-2024-49936, CVE-2024-50067

Mitre: CVE-2024-10929, CVE-2024-49884, CVE-2024-49936, CVE-2024-50067