Improper Update of Reference Count Affecting perf-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.14.326-245.539.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-PERFDEBUGINFO-15323602
  • published20 Feb 2026
  • disclosed30 Dec 2025

Introduced: 30 Dec 2025

CVE-2023-54230  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-911  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 perf-debuginfo to version 0:4.14.326-245.539.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2264.

NVD Description

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

amba: bus: fix refcount leak

commit 5de1540b7bc4 ("drivers/amba: create devices from device tree") increases the refcount of of_node, but not releases it in amba_device_release, so there is refcount leak. By using of_node_put to avoid refcount leak.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1