Expired Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-livepatch-6.12.95-124.187 package, versions <1:1.0-0.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELLIVEPATCH61295124187-18530238
  • published5 Aug 2026
  • disclosed19 Jul 2026

Introduced: 19 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-63800  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-825  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-livepatch-6.12.95-124.187 to version 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-2014.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-6.12.95-124.187 package and not the kernel-livepatch-6.12.95-124.187 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:

pNFS: Fix use-after-free in pnfs_update_layout()

When hitting the NFS_LAYOUT_RETURN branch in pnfs_update_layout(), the code calls pnfs_prepare_to_retry_layoutget(lo). If it succeeds, pnfs_put_layout_hdr(lo) is called before trace_pnfs_update_layout(), which still references 'lo'. This results in a use-after-free when the tracepoint accesses lo's fields.

Fix this by moving the tracepoint call before pnfs_put_layout_hdr(lo).

CVSS Base Scores

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