Integer Underflow The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package kernel6.18-libbpf-debuginfo  (opens in a new tab)


Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (3rd percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNEL618LIBBPFDEBUGINFO-16740255
  • published18 May 2026
  • disclosed6 May 2026

Introduced: 6 May 2026

CVE-2026-43171  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-191  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Amazon-Linux security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Amazon-Linux:2023.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel6.18-libbpf-debuginfo package and not the kernel6.18-libbpf-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.

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

EFI/CPER: don't dump the entire memory region

The current logic at cper_print_fw_err() doesn't check if the error record length is big enough to handle offset. On a bad firmware, if the ofset is above the actual record, length -= offset will underflow, making it dump the entire memory.

The end result can be:

  • the logic taking a lot of time dumping large regions of memory;
  • data disclosure due to the memory dumps;
  • an OOPS, if it tries to dump an unmapped memory region.

Fix it by checking if the section length is too small before doing a hex dump.

[ rjw: Subject tweaks ]