NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel package, versions <0:4.14.309-231.529.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-KERNEL-15323192
  • published20 Feb 2026
  • disclosed24 Dec 2025

Introduced: 24 Dec 2025

CVE-2023-54087  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel to version 0:4.14.309-231.529.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-1987.

NVD Description

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

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

ubi: Fix possible null-ptr-deref in ubi_free_volume()

It willl cause null-ptr-deref in the following case:

uif_init() ubi_add_volume() cdev_add() -> if it fails, call kill_volumes() device_register()

kill_volumes() -> if ubi_add_volume() fails call this function ubi_free_volume() cdev_del() device_unregister() -> trying to delete a not added device, it causes null-ptr-deref

So in ubi_free_volume(), it delete devices whether they are added or not, it will causes null-ptr-deref.

Handle the error case whlie calling ubi_add_volume() to fix this problem. If add volume fails, set the corresponding vol to null, so it can not be accessed in kill_volumes() and release the resource in ubi_add_volume() error path.

CVSS Base Scores

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