Race Condition Affecting kernel-livepatch-6.18.20-20.229 package, versions <1:1.0-0.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELLIVEPATCH6182020229-16348929
  • published3 May 2026
  • disclosed25 Mar 2026

Introduced: 25 Mar 2026

CVE-2026-23302  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-366  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-livepatch-6.18.20-20.229 to version 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-1596.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-6.18.20-20.229 package and not the kernel-livepatch-6.18.20-20.229 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: annotate data-races around sk->sk_{data_ready,write_space}

skmsg (and probably other layers) are changing these pointers while other cpus might read them concurrently.

Add corresponding READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() annotations for UDP, TCP and AF_UNIX.

CVSS Base Scores

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