Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Affecting perf package, versions <1:6.1.144-170.251.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-PERF-13558372
  • published16 Oct 2025
  • disclosed25 Jul 2025

Introduced: 25 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-38430  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-754  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 perf to version 1:6.1.144-170.251.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-1111.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf package and not the perf 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:

nfsd: nfsd4_spo_must_allow() must check this is a v4 compound request

If the request being processed is not a v4 compound request, then examining the cstate can have undefined results.

This patch adds a check that the rpc procedure being executed (rq_procinfo) is the NFSPROC4_COMPOUND procedure.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1