CVE-2026-93213 Affecting kernel-tools-devel package, versions <1:6.1.188-233.385.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELTOOLSDEVEL-20868172
  • published13 Oct 2026
  • disclosed24 Sept 2026

Introduced: 24 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-93213  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-tools-devel to version 1:6.1.188-233.385.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-3197.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-devel package and not the kernel-tools-devel 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:

of: fix out-of-bounds read in of_alias_scan() stem parser

The stem parser tests isdigit(*(end - 1)) before checking end > start and so reads one byte before the property name when the name is empty or all digits. Check the bound first.