Access of Uninitialized Pointer Affecting perf6.18-debuginfo package, versions <1:6.18.36-69.134.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-PERF618DEBUGINFO-18062584
  • published21 Jul 2026
  • disclosed1 Jul 2026

Introduced: 1 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-53347  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-824  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 perf6.18-debuginfo to version 1:6.18.36-69.134.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-1925.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf6.18-debuginfo package and not the perf6.18-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:

drm/virtio: Fix driver removal with disabled KMS

DRM atomic and modesetting aren't initialized if virtio-gpu driver built with disabled KMS, leading to access of uninitialized data on driver removal/unbinding and crashing kernel. Fix it by skipping shutting down atomic core with unavailable KMS.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1