Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2025-087 (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2025-087)

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory ALASKERNEL-5.15-2025-087.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(246923);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/02/26");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2022-50073",
    "CVE-2025-37798",
    "CVE-2025-37920",
    "CVE-2025-37932",
    "CVE-2025-38040",
    "CVE-2025-38064",
    "CVE-2025-38067",
    "CVE-2025-38177",
    "CVE-2025-38375",
    "CVE-2025-38441",
    "CVE-2025-38443",
    "CVE-2025-38444",
    "CVE-2025-38445",
    "CVE-2025-38457",
    "CVE-2025-38461",
    "CVE-2025-38462",
    "CVE-2025-38465",
    "CVE-2025-38466",
    "CVE-2025-38540"
  );

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2025-087 (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2025-087)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.15.189-131.206. It is, therefore, affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2025-087 advisory.

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

    net: tap: NULL pointer derefence in dev_parse_header_protocol when skb->dev is null (CVE-2022-50073)

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

    codel: remove sch->q.qlen check before qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() (CVE-2025-37798)

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

    xsk: Fix race condition in AF_XDP generic RX path (CVE-2025-37920)

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

    sch_htb: make htb_qlen_notify() idempotent (CVE-2025-37932)

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

    serial: mctrl_gpio: split disable_ms into sync and no_sync APIs (CVE-2025-38040)

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

    virtio: break and reset virtio devices on device_shutdown() (CVE-2025-38064)

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

    rseq: Fix segfault on registration when rseq_cs is non-zero (CVE-2025-38067)

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

    sch_hfsc: make hfsc_qlen_notify() idempotent (CVE-2025-38177)

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

    virtio-net: ensure the received length does not exceed allocated size (CVE-2025-38375)

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

    netfilter: flowtable: account for Ethernet header in nf_flow_pppoe_proto() (CVE-2025-38441)

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

    nbd: fix uaf in nbd_genl_connect() error path (CVE-2025-38443)

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

    raid10: cleanup memleak at raid10_make_request (CVE-2025-38444)

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

    md/raid1: Fix stack memory use after return in raid1_reshape (CVE-2025-38445)

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

    net/sched: Abort __tc_modify_qdisc if parent class does not exist (CVE-2025-38457)

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

    vsock: Fix transport_* TOCTOU (CVE-2025-38461)

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

    vsock: Fix transport_{g2h,h2g} TOCTOU (CVE-2025-38462)

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

    netlink: Fix wraparounds of sk->sk_rmem_alloc. (CVE-2025-38465)

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

    perf: Revert to requiring CAP_SYS_ADMIN for uprobes (CVE-2025-38466)

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

    HID: quirks: Add quirk for 2 Chicony Electronics HP 5MP Cameras (CVE-2025-38540)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2022-50073.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-37798.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-37920.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-37932.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-38040.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-38064.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-38067.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-38177.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-38375.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-38441.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-38443.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-38444.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-38445.html");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-38462.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-38465.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-38466.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-38540.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update kernel' or
  or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2025-087' to update your system.");
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  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-37798");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-38461");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/05/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/08/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/08/09");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool-debuginfo");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-headers");
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  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025-2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "kpatch.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}

include("rpm.inc");
include("hotfixes.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var alas_release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(alas_release) || !strlen(alas_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d+|-\d+)", string:alas_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "2")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

if (get_one_kb_item("Host/kpatch/kernel-cves"))
{
  var cve_list = make_list("CVE-2022-50073", "CVE-2025-37798", "CVE-2025-37920", "CVE-2025-37932", "CVE-2025-38040", "CVE-2025-38064", "CVE-2025-38067", "CVE-2025-38177", "CVE-2025-38375", "CVE-2025-38441", "CVE-2025-38443", "CVE-2025-38444", "CVE-2025-38445", "CVE-2025-38457", "CVE-2025-38461", "CVE-2025-38462", "CVE-2025-38465", "CVE-2025-38466", "CVE-2025-38540");
  if (hotfix_cves_check(cve_list))
  {
    audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, "kpatch hotfix for ALASKERNEL-5.15-2025-087");
  }
  else
  {
    __rpm_report = hotfix_reporting_text();
  }
}

var REPOS_FOUND = TRUE;
var extras_list = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/extras_label_list");
if (isnull(extras_list)) REPOS_FOUND = FALSE;
var repository = '"amzn2extra-kernel-5.15"';
if (REPOS_FOUND && (repository >!< extras_list)) exit(0, AFFECTED_REPO_NOT_ENABLED);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'bpftool-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'bpftool-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'bpftool-debuginfo-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'bpftool-debuginfo-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'kernel-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'kernel-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'kernel-debuginfo-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'kernel-debuginfo-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'kernel-devel-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'kernel-devel-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'kernel-headers-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'kernel-headers-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'kernel-headers-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'kernel-livepatch-5.15.189-131.206-1.0-0.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'kernel-livepatch-5.15.189-131.206-1.0-0.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'kernel-tools-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'kernel-tools-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'kernel-tools-devel-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'kernel-tools-devel-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'perf-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'perf-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'perf-debuginfo-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'perf-debuginfo-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'python-perf-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'python-perf-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'python-perf-debuginfo-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'},
    {'reference':'python-perf-debuginfo-5.15.189-131.206.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-5.15'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var el_string = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  var epoch = NULL;
  var allowmaj = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  var cves = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
  if (reference && _release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) {
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = rpm_report_get();
  if (!REPOS_FOUND) extra = rpm_report_get() + report_repo_caveat();
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "bpftool / bpftool-debuginfo / kernel / etc");
}