ALASKERNEL-5.4-2025-095

Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASKERNEL-5.4-2025-095
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:

netfilter: nf_tables: use timestamp to check for set element timeout (CVE-2024-27397)

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

netfilter: nf_tables: prefer nft_chain_validate (CVE-2024-41042)

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

tipc: Return non-zero value from tipc_udp_addr2str() on error (CVE-2024-42284)

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

RDMA/iwcm: Fix a use-after-free related to destroying CM IDs (CVE-2024-42285)

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

scsi: qla2xxx: Complete command early within lock (CVE-2024-42287)

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

devres: Fix memory leakage caused by driver API devm_free_percpu() (CVE-2024-43871)

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

mlxsw: spectrum_acl_erp: Fix object nesting warning (CVE-2024-43880)

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

exec: Fix ToCToU between perm check and set-uid/gid usage (CVE-2024-43882)

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

netfilter: ctnetlink: use helper function to calculate expect ID (CVE-2024-44944)


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.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    kernel-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.4.282-194.378.amzn2.x86_64

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2024-27397, CVE-2024-41042, CVE-2024-42284, CVE-2024-42285, CVE-2024-42287, CVE-2024-43871, CVE-2024-43880, CVE-2024-43882, CVE-2024-44944

Mitre: CVE-2024-27397, CVE-2024-41042, CVE-2024-42284, CVE-2024-42285, CVE-2024-42287, CVE-2024-43871, CVE-2024-43880, CVE-2024-43882, CVE-2024-44944