CVE-2025-40057 Affecting perf6.12-debuginfo package, versions <1:6.12.53-69.119.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-PERF612DEBUGINFO-14431332
  • published17 Dec 2025
  • disclosed28 Oct 2025

Introduced: 28 Oct 2025

CVE-2025-40057  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 perf6.12-debuginfo to version 1:6.12.53-69.119.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-1254.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf6.12-debuginfo package and not the perf6.12-debuginfo 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:

ptp: Add a upper bound on max_vclocks

syzbot reported WARNING in max_vclocks_store.

This occurs when the argument max is too large for kcalloc to handle.

Extend the guard to guard against values that are too large for kcalloc

CVSS Base Scores

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