NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting bpftool6.12-debuginfo package, versions <1:6.12.110-135.201.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-BPFTOOL612DEBUGINFO-20866810
  • published13 Oct 2026
  • disclosed17 Sept 2026

Introduced: 17 Sep 2026

CVE-2026-90426  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 bpftool6.12-debuginfo to version 1:6.12.110-135.201.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-3196.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bpftool6.12-debuginfo package and not the bpftool6.12-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

iommu/tegra241-cmdqv: Free the error IRQ before tearing down VINTFs

tegra241_cmdqv_remove() tears each VINTF down first, then calls free_irq(). Tearing a VINTF down frees vintf0 and clears cmdqv->vintfs[0]. An error in that window makes tegra241_cmdqv_isr() read the stale slot and hand it to tegra241_vintf0_handle_error(), which dereferences a NULL or freed pointer.

Free the IRQ before tearing the VINTFs down. free_irq() waits for in-flight handlers to finish and blocks new ones, so no ISR can observe a VINTF as it is torn down.

Note: a user-owned VINTF (viommu) could outlive this teardown, which unmaps cmdqv->base and frees cmdqv->vintfs, so a later viommu close then touches freed memory. This is neither introduced nor fixed here: a physical IOMMU is not a pluggable device, so iommufd by design holds no reference on the one behind a viommu, and this teardown is not expected while that viommu is still alive.

CVSS Base Scores

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