ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2025-089


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2025-089
Advisory Released Date: 2025-09-16
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-10-02
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

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

ACPI: processor: idle: Check acpi_fetch_acpi_dev() return value (CVE-2022-50327)

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

bpf: Fix helper writes to read-only maps (CVE-2024-49861)

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

bpf: Fix overloading of MEM_UNINIT's meaning (CVE-2024-50164)

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

smb: client: fix UAF in decryption with multichannel (CVE-2025-37750)

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

bpf, sockmap: Fix panic when calling skb_linearize (CVE-2025-38165)

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

net/sched: Return NULL when htb_lookup_leaf encounters an empty rbtree (CVE-2025-38468)

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

net: vlan: fix VLAN 0 refcount imbalance of toggling filtering during runtime (CVE-2025-38470)

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

rpl: Fix use-after-free in rpl_do_srh_inline(). (CVE-2025-38476)

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

net/sched: sch_qfq: Fix race condition on qfq_aggregate (CVE-2025-38477)

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

smb: client: fix use-after-free in crypt_message when using async crypto (CVE-2025-38488)

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

HID: core: do not bypass hid_hw_raw_request (CVE-2025-38494)

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

HID: core: ensure the allocated report buffer can contain the reserved report ID (CVE-2025-38495)

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

clone_private_mnt(): make sure that caller has CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the right userns (CVE-2025-38499)

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

smb: client: fix use-after-free in cifs_oplock_break (CVE-2025-38527)

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

bpf: Reject %p% format string in bprintf-like helpers (CVE-2025-38528)

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

tracing: Add down_write(trace_event_sem) when adding trace event (CVE-2025-38539)

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

ipv6: mcast: Delay put pmc->idev in mld_del_delrec() (CVE-2025-38550)

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

net/sched: Restrict conditions for adding duplicating netems to qdisc tree (CVE-2025-38553)

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

perf/core: Prevent VMA split of buffer mappings (CVE-2025-38563)

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

perf/core: Exit early on perf_mmap() fail (CVE-2025-38565)

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

ipv6: reject malicious packets in ipv6_gso_segment() (CVE-2025-38572)

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

bpf, ktls: Fix data corruption when using bpf_msg_pop_data() in ktls (CVE-2025-38608)

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

eventpoll: Fix semi-unbounded recursion (CVE-2025-38614)

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

net/packet: fix a race in packet_set_ring() and packet_notifier() (CVE-2025-38617)

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

vsock: Do not allow binding to VMADDR_PORT_ANY (CVE-2025-38618)

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

net: drop UFO packets in udp_rcv_segment() (CVE-2025-38622)

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

netfilter: xt_nfacct: don't assume acct name is null-terminated (CVE-2025-38639)

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

net/mlx5: Check device memory pointer before usage (CVE-2025-38645)

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

arm64/entry: Mask DAIF in cpu_switch_to(), call_on_irq_stack() (CVE-2025-38670)

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

iommu/amd: Avoid stack buffer overflow from kernel cmdline (CVE-2025-38676)

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

mm/ptdump: take the memory hotplug lock inside ptdump_walk_pgd() (CVE-2025-38681)

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

hv_netvsc: Fix panic during namespace deletion with VF (CVE-2025-38683)

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

fbdev: Fix vmalloc out-of-bounds write in fast_imageblit (CVE-2025-38685)

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

pNFS: Fix uninited ptr deref in block/scsi layout (CVE-2025-38691)

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

fs/ntfs3: Add sanity check for file name (CVE-2025-38707)

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

drbd: add missing kref_get in handle_write_conflicts (CVE-2025-38708)

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

sctp: linearize cloned gso packets in sctp_rcv (CVE-2025-38718)

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

netfilter: ctnetlink: fix refcount leak on table dump (CVE-2025-38721)

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

nfsd: handle get_client_locked() failure in nfsd4_setclientid_confirm() (CVE-2025-38724)

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

netfilter: nf_reject: don't leak dst refcount for loopback packets (CVE-2025-38732)

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

x86/cpu/hygon: Add missing resctrl_cpu_detect() in bsp_init helper (CVE-2025-39681)

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

tracing: Limit access to parser->buffer when trace_get_user failed (CVE-2025-39683)

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

ftrace: Also allocate and copy hash for reading of filter files (CVE-2025-39689)

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

fs/buffer: fix use-after-free when call bh_read() helper (CVE-2025-39691)

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

ipv6: sr: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time (CVE-2025-39702)

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

serial: 8250: fix panic due to PSLVERR (CVE-2025-39724)

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

NFS: Fix filehandle bounds checking in nfs_fh_to_dentry() (CVE-2025-39730)

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

Revert "fs/ntfs3: Replace inode_trylock with inode_lock" (CVE-2025-39734)

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

btrfs: do not allow relocation of partially dropped subvolumes (CVE-2025-39738)

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

rcu: Protect ->defer_qs_iw_pending from data race (CVE-2025-39749)

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

fs: Prevent file descriptor table allocations exceeding INT_MAX (CVE-2025-39756)

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

usb: core: config: Prevent OOB read in SS endpoint companion parsing (CVE-2025-39760)

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

net/sched: Make cake_enqueue return NET_XMIT_CN when past buffer_limit (CVE-2025-39766)

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

net: bridge: fix soft lockup in br_multicast_query_expired() (CVE-2025-39773)

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

jbd2: prevent softlockup in jbd2_log_do_checkpoint() (CVE-2025-39782)

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

PCI: endpoint: Fix configfs group list head handling (CVE-2025-39783)

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

block: avoid possible overflow for chunk_sectors check in blk_stack_limits() (CVE-2025-39795)

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

NFS: Fix the setting of capabilities when automounting a new filesystem (CVE-2025-39798)

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

HID: multitouch: fix slab out-of-bounds access in mt_report_fixup() (CVE-2025-39806)

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

sctp: initialize more fields in sctp_v6_from_sk() (CVE-2025-39812)

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

ftrace: Fix potential warning in trace_printk_seq during ftrace_dump (CVE-2025-39813)

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

efivarfs: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in efivarfs_d_compare (CVE-2025-39817)

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

KVM: x86: use array_index_nospec with indices that come from guest (CVE-2025-39823)

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

HID: asus: fix UAF via HID_CLAIMED_INPUT validation (CVE-2025-39824)

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

xfs: do not propagate ENODATA disk errors into xattr code (CVE-2025-39835)


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 or yum update --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2025-089 to update your system.
System reboot is required in order to complete this update.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    kernel-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-livepatch-5.15.191-132.213-1.0-0.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.15.191-132.213.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-livepatch-5.15.191-132.213-1.0-0.amzn2.x86_64

Changelog:

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38639 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38468 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-39783 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-39683 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-39813 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38550 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-39756 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38476 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-39702 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2024-50164 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38572 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38618 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38614 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-39806 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38681 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-39782 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-39812 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38617 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38470 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-39817 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38691 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38683 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38527 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-39760 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38724 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2022-50327 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38563 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-39681 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38645 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38495 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38553 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38565 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38708 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38608 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38685 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38718 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-39734 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-39724 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-39766 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-39691 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-39749 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38539 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-39730 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38676 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38707 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38622 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-39738 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-39795 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-39835 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38499 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38494 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-39824 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38732 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-39798 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38165 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-39689 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-39823 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38528 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38670 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-02: CVE-2025-38721 was added to this advisory.

2025-09-26: CVE-2025-38488 was added to this advisory.

2025-09-22: CVE-2025-39773 was added to this advisory.