CVE-2026-64580 Affecting kernel-livepatch-6.12.103-127.188 package, versions <1:1.0-0.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELLIVEPATCH612103127188-19473851
  • published1 Sept 2026
  • disclosed5 Aug 2026

Introduced: 5 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-64580  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-livepatch-6.12.103-127.188 to version 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-2110.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-6.12.103-127.188 package and not the kernel-livepatch-6.12.103-127.188 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:

xfrm6: clear dst.dev on error to avoid double netdev_put in xfrm6_fill_dst()

On the error path where in6_dev_get(dev) returns NULL, xfrm6_fill_dst() releases the device reference with netdev_put() but leaves xdst->u.dst.dev set. dst_destroy() later calls netdev_put(dst->dev) again, so the same net_device reference is released twice, underflowing its refcount (ref_tracker WARNING + "unregister_netdevice: waiting for <dev> to become free").

Clear xdst->u.dst.dev after the netdev_put(), the same way the XFRM device-offload paths xfrm_dev_state_add() and xfrm_dev_policy_add() in net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c NULL ->dev when releasing the reference on error.

ref_tracker: reference already released. ref_tracker: allocated in: xfrm6_fill_dst (net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c:86) ... udpv6_sendmsg (net/ipv6/udp.c:1696) ... ref_tracker: freed in: xfrm6_fill_dst (net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c:90) ... WARNING: lib/ref_tracker.c:322 at ref_tracker_free+0x58b/0x780 dst_destroy (net/core/dst.c:115) rcu_core handle_softirqs ...