CVE-2026-80892 Affecting kernel6.12-modules-extra-common package, versions <1:6.12.103-127.188.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNEL612MODULESEXTRACOMMON-19896243
  • published18 Sept 2026
  • disclosed4 Sept 2026

Introduced: 4 Sep 2026

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How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel6.12-modules-extra-common to version 1:6.12.103-127.188.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-2110.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel6.12-modules-extra-common package and not the kernel6.12-modules-extra-common 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:

erofs: cap LZMA stream pool size

fs/erofs/decompressor_lzma.c sizes the module-global MicroLZMA stream pool from num_possible_cpus() when the lzma_streams module parameter is unset, then z_erofs_load_lzma_config() preallocates one image-supplied dictionary per stream, accepting dictionaries up to 8 MiB. On high-CPU systems, a small EROFS image can pin hundreds of MiB of vmalloc-backed decoder state until the erofs module is unloaded.

Impact: An EROFS image mounted by the system can pin up to 8 MiB of vmalloc memory per LZMA stream, either as intended or unexpectedly.

Bound the default stream count by a new CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_LZMA_DEFAULT_MAX_STREAMS option, default 16, so the worst-case default preallocation is 128 MiB if the number of CPUs is no less than 16 while preserving the existing per-image dictionary limit. An explicit lzma_streams module parameter is still honoured as-is, so administrators who deliberately size the pool are not affected.