ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2025-110


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2025-110
Advisory Released Date: 2025-09-29
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-10-08
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

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

iavf: Fix reset error handling (CVE-2022-50053)

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

net_sched: Flush gso_skb list too during ->change() (CVE-2025-37992)

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

RDMA/core: Fix "KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in ib_register_device" problem (CVE-2025-38022)

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

can: netlink: can_changelink(): fix NULL pointer deref of struct can_priv::do_set_mode (CVE-2025-38665)

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:

net/sched: Fix backlog accounting in qdisc_dequeue_internal (CVE-2025-39677)

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:

scsi: lpfc: Fix buffer free/clear order in deferred receive path (CVE-2025-39841)

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

ppp: fix memory leak in pad_compress_skb (CVE-2025-39847)

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

i40e: Fix potential invalid access when MAC list is empty (CVE-2025-39853)

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

e1000e: fix heap overflow in e1000_set_eeprom (CVE-2025-39898)

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

mm/slub: avoid accessing metadata when pointer is invalid in object_err() (CVE-2025-39902)


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 or yum update --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2025-110 to update your system.
System reboot is required in order to complete this update.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    kernel-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.aarch64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.x86_64
    bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-5.4.299-219.434.amzn2.x86_64

Changelog:

2025-10-08: CVE-2025-39898 was added to this advisory.

2025-10-08: CVE-2025-39902 was added to this advisory.