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CVE-2026-98925 Affecting kernel-livepatch-6.1.189-236.399 package, versions <1:1.0-0.amzn2023

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELLIVEPATCH61189236399-21815134
  • published29 Oct 2026
  • disclosed23 Oct 2026
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Introduced: 23 Oct 2026

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How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.189-236.399 to version 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-3336.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-6.1.189-236.399 package and not the kernel-livepatch-6.1.189-236.399 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:

bpf, sockmap: Fix self-redirect copied_seq double-counting

When a BPF stream_verdict program redirects an skb back to the same socket (self-redirect with BPF_F_INGRESS), sk_psock_verdict_apply() calls tcp_eat_skb() which advances tcp_sk->copied_seq. However, the skb is then delivered to the socket's psock ingress queue and later read by tcp_bpf_recvmsg_parser(), which also advances copied_seq via the copied_from_self accounting path. This double-counting causes copied_seq to advance by 2x the actual data length, triggering:

TCP recvmsg seq # bug 2: copied BF2E806, seq BF2E7FD,
rcvnxt BF2E806, fl 0 WARNING: net/ipv4/tcp.c:2745 at tcp_recvmsg_locked+0x72b/0x2640 Call Trace: tcp_recvmsg+0x10a/0x500 sock_recvmsg+0x168/0x1d0 __sys_recvfrom+0x19a/0x2a0 __x64_sys_recvfrom+0xe4/0x1f0 do_syscall_64+0xf7/0x530 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

cleanup rbuf bug: copied BF2E806 seq BF2E806 rcvnxt BF2E806 WARNING: net/ipv4/tcp.c:1609 at tcp_cleanup_rbuf+0xf2/0x1c0 Call Trace: tcp_recvmsg_locked+0x8d1/0x2640 tcp_recvmsg+0x10a/0x500 sock_recvmsg+0x168/0x1d0 __sys_recvfrom+0x19a/0x2a0 __x64_sys_recvfrom+0xe4/0x1f0 do_syscall_64+0xf7/0x530 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Fix this by converting self-redirect verdict to __SK_PASS at the beginning of sk_psock_verdict_apply(). This bypasses the __SK_REDIRECT case entirely (which calls sk_psock_eat_skb), letting the __SK_PASS path queue the skb to the psock ingress queue. The data is then read via tcp_bpf_recvmsg_parser(), which advances copied_seq exactly once through copied_from_self. Cross-socket redirects continue through __SK_REDIRECT with sk_psock_eat_skb() unchanged.