Use After Free Affecting perf6.12-debuginfo package, versions <0:6.12.22-27.96.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-PERF612DEBUGINFO-9692153
  • published15 Apr 2025
  • disclosed31 Mar 2025

Introduced: 31 Mar 2025

CVE-2025-21893  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 perf6.12-debuginfo to version 0:6.12.22-27.96.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-935.

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:

keys: Fix UAF in key_put()

Once a key's reference count has been reduced to 0, the garbage collector thread may destroy it at any time and so key_put() is not allowed to touch the key after that point. The most key_put() is normally allowed to do is to touch key_gc_work as that's a static global variable.

However, in an effort to speed up the reclamation of quota, this is now done in key_put() once the key's usage is reduced to 0 - but now the code is looking at the key after the deadline, which is forbidden.

Fix this by using a flag to indicate that a key can be gc'd now rather than looking at the key's refcount in the garbage collector.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1