CVE-2026-90334 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
0.21% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELTOOLSDEVEL-20872463
  • published13 Oct 2026
  • disclosed17 Sept 2026

Introduced: 17 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-90334  (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:

tty: clear cdev pointer after cdev_add() failure

tty_cdev_add() drops the cdev reference when cdev_add() fails, but leaves driver->cdevs[index] pointing to freed memory. tty_unregister_device() later passes that stale pointer to cdev_del(), causing a use-after-free.

Clear the slot after dropping the reference.