NULL Pointer Dereference 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-KERNELDEBUGINFOCOMMONAARCH64-19464466
  • published1 Sept 2026
  • disclosed15 Aug 2026

Introduced: 15 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-74327  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (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:

vmalloc: fix NULL pointer dereference in is_vm_area_hugepages()

find_vm_area() can return NULL if the given address is not a valid vmalloc area. Check the return value before dereferencing it to avoid a kernel crash.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1