Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — xz — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — xz — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2022-1782 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-1271 Upstream summary: An arbitrary file write vulnerability was found in GNU gzip's zgrep utility. When zgrep is applied on the attacker's chosen file name (for example, […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — cifs-utils — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — cifs-utils — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2023-1978 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-27239 CVE-2022-29869 Upstream summary: A stack-based buffer overflow issue was found in pifs-utils. Parsing the mount.cifs ip command-line argument can lead to local attackers gaining root privileges. […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-4.14.290-217.505 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-4.14.290-217.505 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2022-094 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-2588 Upstream summary: A use-after-free flaw was found in route4_change in the net/sched/cls_route.c filter implementation in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a local user to crash […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-4.14.336-257.566 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-4.14.336-257.566 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2024-171 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-52628 Upstream summary: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nftables: exthdr: fix 4-byte stack OOB write If priv->len is a multiple of […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-5.10.184-175.731 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-5.10.184-175.731 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2023-142 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-3609 CVE-2023-3776 Upstream summary: A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: cls_u32 component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. If tcf_change_indev() fails, u32_set_parms() will […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — libsass — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — libsass — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2MATE-DESKTOP1.X-2024-004 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-26592 CVE-2022-43357 CVE-2022-43358 Upstream summary: Stack Overflow vulnerability in libsass 3.6.5 via the CompoundSelector::has_real_parent_ref function. (CVE-2022-26592) Stack overflow vulnerability in ast_selectors.cpp in function Sass::CompoundSelector::has_real_parent_ref in libsass:3.6.5-8-g210218, which […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — poppler — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — poppler — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2023-2281 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-36023 CVE-2020-36024 CVE-2022-38349 CVE-2020-23804 CVE-2018-20662 CVE-2020-18839 CVE-2022-37050 CVE-2022-27337  +12 more Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in freedesktop poppler version 20.12.1, allows remote attackers to cause a […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-5.10.130-118.517 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-5.10.130-118.517 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2022-092 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-2585 Upstream summary: A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's POSIX CPU timers functionality in the way a user creates and then deletes the timer […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — sysstat — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — sysstat — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2023-2068 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-39377 CVE-2023-33204 Upstream summary: sysstat through 12.7.2 allows a multiplication integer overflow in check_overflow in common.c. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2022-39377. […]

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