Expired Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-livepatch-6.12.113-138.209 package, versions <1:1.0-0.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.62% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELLIVEPATCH612113138209-21809985
  • published29 Oct 2026
  • disclosed18 Oct 2026

Introduced: 18 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-98490  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-825  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-livepatch-6.12.113-138.209 to version 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-3335.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-6.12.113-138.209 package and not the kernel-livepatch-6.12.113-138.209 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:

net: openvswitch: conntrack: fix helper UAF due to extensions realloc

While calling the helpers, a raw pointer to the extensions area is wired into expectations list:

-> nf_ct_helper() -> helper->help() -> nf_ct_expect_related_report() -> nf_ct_expect_insert() -> hlist_add_head_rcu(&exp->lnode, &master_help->expectations)

In case the connection is not confirmed yet, more extensions can be added afterwards with *_ext_add() calls reallocating the extension space and leaving the now invalid pointer in the expectations list that is later accessed while removing the expectation.

Make sure that helpers are called at the end after all the other extensions are already added.

Note that the helper rejection now leaves the mark and labels set, but that's not different from how the NAT was handled before or how the mark and the labels were handled on confirmation failure. And there are no atomicity guarantees provided by the API anyway.

CVSS Base Scores

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