NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:6.1.19-30.43.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELHEADERS-13551411
  • published15 Oct 2025
  • disclosed16 Sept 2025

Introduced: 16 Sep 2025

CVE-2023-53332  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-headers to version 0:6.1.19-30.43.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-138.

NVD Description

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

genirq/ipi: Fix NULL pointer deref in irq_data_get_affinity_mask()

If ipi_send_{mask|single}() is called with an invalid interrupt number, all the local variables there will be NULL. ipi_send_verify() which is invoked from these functions does verify its 'data' parameter, resulting in a kernel oops in irq_data_get_affinity_mask() as the passed NULL pointer gets dereferenced.

Add a missing NULL pointer check in ipi_send_verify()...

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with the SVACE static analysis tool.

CVSS Base Scores

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