NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-tools-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.14.305-227.531.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-KERNELTOOLSDEBUGINFO-10265678
  • published30 May 2025
  • disclosed27 Mar 2025

Introduced: 27 Mar 2025

CVE-2023-53015  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-tools-debuginfo to version 0:4.14.305-227.531.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2025-2837.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-debuginfo package and not the kernel-tools-debuginfo 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:

HID: betop: check shape of output reports

betopff_init() only checks the total sum of the report counts for each report field to be at least 4, but hid_betopff_play() expects 4 report fields. A device advertising an output report with one field and 4 report counts would pass the check but crash the kernel with a NULL pointer dereference in hid_betopff_play().

CVSS Base Scores

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