Reachable Assertion Affecting kernel6.18-headers package, versions <1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNEL618HEADERS-21804146
  • published29 Oct 2026
  • disclosed18 Oct 2026

Introduced: 18 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-98638  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel6.18-headers to version 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-3251.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel6.18-headers package and not the kernel6.18-headers 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:

KVM: arm64: Validate the SVE vector length in pkvm_vcpu_init_sve()

pkvm_vcpu_init_sve() clamps only the upper bound of the host-provided sve_max_vl, so an invalid vector length reaches sve_state_size_from_vl() and the WARN_ON() there, which is fatal at EL2. The existing !sve_state_size test rejects such a length, but only after the macro has run.

Check sve_vl_valid() before deriving the state size. A valid length cannot yield a zero size, so the !sve_state_size test goes with it.

CVSS Base Scores

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