Out-of-bounds Read Affecting kernel-livepatch-6.18.20-20.229 package, versions <1:1.0-0.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.51% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELLIVEPATCH6182020229-16351176
  • published3 May 2026
  • disclosed3 Apr 2026

Introduced: 3 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-23455  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (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:

netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: check for zero length in DecodeQ931()

In DecodeQ931(), the UserUserIE code path reads a 16-bit length from the packet, then decrements it by 1 to skip the protocol discriminator byte before passing it to DecodeH323_UserInformation(). If the encoded length is 0, the decrement wraps to -1, which is then passed as a large value to the decoder, leading to an out-of-bounds read.

Add a check to ensure len is positive after the decrement.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1