vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2025-37998: Security patch for kernel (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | May 29, 2025 | Jun 24, 2025 | May 20, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
May 29, 2025
Added
Jun 24, 2025
Modified
May 20, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
openvswitch: Fix unsafe attribute parsing in output_userspace()
This patch replaces the manual Netlink attribute iteration in
output_userspace() with nla_for_each_nested(), which ensures that only
well-formed attributes are processed.
Solutions
amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bpftoolamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bpftool-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernelamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-develamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-headersamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-5-10-238-231-953amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-5-15-184-125-190amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-toolsamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-tools-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-tools-develamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-perfamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-perf-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python-perfamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python-perf-debuginfo
References
- AMAZON-AL2/ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2025-095
- AMAZON-AL2/ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2025-073
- AMAZON-AL2/ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2025-103
- AMAZON-AL2/ALASKERNEL-5.10-2025-095
- AMAZON-AL2/ALASKERNEL-5.4-2025-103
- CVE-2025-37998
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2025-37998
- EUVD-EUVD-2025-16388
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-16388
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