CVE-2025-62626 Affecting linux-firmware package, versions <0:20200421-85.git78c0348.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-LINUXFIRMWARE-14423576
  • published16 Dec 2025
  • disclosed21 Nov 2025

Introduced: 21 Nov 2025

CVE-2025-62626  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 linux-firmware to version 0:20200421-85.git78c0348.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2025-3092.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-firmware package and not the linux-firmware package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Improper handling of insufficient entropy in the AMD CPUs could allow a local attacker to influence the values returned by the RDSEED instruction, potentially resulting in the consumption of insufficiently random values.