Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime 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
0.16% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELLIVEPATCH612103127188-19475016
  • published1 Sept 2026
  • disclosed12 Aug 2026

Introduced: 12 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-68450  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (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:

btrfs: free mapping node on duplicate reloc root insert

__add_reloc_root() allocates a mapping_node before inserting it into rc->reloc_root_tree. If rb_simple_insert() finds an existing entry, it returns the existing rb_node and leaves the newly allocated node unlinked.

The error path then returns -EEXIST without freeing the new node. Since the node was never inserted into reloc_root_tree, the later cleanup in put_reloc_control() cannot find it either.

Free the newly allocated node before returning -EEXIST.

The callers currently assert that -EEXIST should not happen, so this is a defensive cleanup for an unexpected duplicate insert path. If the path is ever reached, the local allocation should still be released.

CVSS Base Scores

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