CVE-2026-89914 Affecting perf6.18-debuginfo package, versions <1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-PERF618DEBUGINFO-20855281
  • published13 Oct 2026
  • disclosed16 Sept 2026

Introduced: 16 Sep 2026

CVE-2026-89914  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 perf6.18-debuginfo to version 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-3187.

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:

KVM: arm64: Sign-extend VA for range-based TLBI invalidation

When the decode_range_tlbi() helper was moved to be used for S1 TLBIs, the required sign extension was omitted. Add it.

As a result, special care must be taken to not overflow PA bits when this is used for S2 invalidation.