NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-livepatch-4.14.322-244.536 package, versions <0:1.0-0.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-KERNELLIVEPATCH414322244536-13451389
  • published8 Oct 2025
  • disclosed15 Sept 2025

Introduced: 15 Sep 2025

CVE-2023-53150  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-livepatch-4.14.322-244.536 to version 0:1.0-0.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2268.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-4.14.322-244.536 package and not the kernel-livepatch-4.14.322-244.536 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:

scsi: qla2xxx: Pointer may be dereferenced

Klocwork tool reported pointer 'rport' returned from call to function fc_bsg_to_rport() may be NULL and will be dereferenced.

Add a fix to validate rport before dereferencing.

CVSS Base Scores

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