Race Condition Affecting perf6.12-debuginfo package, versions <1:6.12.79-101.147.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-PERF612DEBUGINFO-16348635
  • published3 May 2026
  • disclosed2 Apr 2026

Introduced: 2 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-23412  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-364  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 perf6.12-debuginfo to version 1:6.12.79-101.147.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-1594.

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:

netfilter: bpf: defer hook memory release until rcu readers are done

Yiming Qian reports UaF when concurrent process is dumping hooks via nfnetlink_hooks:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in nfnl_hook_dump_one.isra.0+0xe71/0x10f0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888003edbf88 by task poc/79 Call Trace: <TASK> nfnl_hook_dump_one.isra.0+0xe71/0x10f0 netlink_dump+0x554/0x12b0 nfnl_hook_get+0x176/0x230 [..]

Defer release until after concurrent readers have completed.

CVSS Base Scores

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