NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting perf6.18-debuginfo package, versions <1:6.18.35-68.127.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-PERF618DEBUGINFO-18525435
  • published5 Aug 2026
  • disclosed19 Jul 2026

Introduced: 19 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-63986  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 perf6.18-debuginfo to version 1:6.18.35-68.127.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-1881.

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:

ethtool: tsinfo: don't pass ERR_PTR to genlmsg_cancel on prepare failure

The goto err label leads to:

genlmsg_cancel(skb, ehdr);
return ret;

If ethnl_tsinfo_prepare_dump() failed, it has not started a genlmsg. There's nothing to cancel, and passing an error pointer to genlmsg_cancel() would cause a crash.

CVSS Base Scores

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