Out-of-bounds Read Affecting kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 package, versions <1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELDEBUGINFOCOMMONAARCH64-19464190
  • published1 Sept 2026
  • disclosed15 Aug 2026

Introduced: 15 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-72400  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 to version 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-2058.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 package and not the kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 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:

seg6: validate SRH length before reading fixed fields

seg6_validate_srh() reads fixed SRH fields such as srh->type and srh->hdrlen before checking that the supplied length covers the fixed struct ipv6_sr_hdr fields.

The BPF SEG6 encap path reaches this with a BPF program-supplied pointer and length: bpf_lwt_push_encap() and the SEG6 local BPF END_B6 and END_B6_ENCAP actions call bpf_push_seg6_encap(), which forwards the length to seg6_validate_srh() with no minimum-size guard. A 2-byte SEG6 encap header can therefore make the validator read srh->type at offset 2 beyond the caller-supplied buffer.

Reject lengths shorter than the fixed SRH at the top of seg6_validate_srh(), before any field is read. This fixes the BPF helper path and keeps the common validator robust.

CVSS Base Scores

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