NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting perf-debuginfo package, versions <0:6.1.129-138.220.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-PERFDEBUGINFO-10338122
  • published11 Jun 2025
  • disclosed27 Feb 2025

Introduced: 27 Feb 2025

CVE-2024-58020  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 perf-debuginfo to version 0:6.1.129-138.220.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-876.

NVD Description

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

HID: multitouch: Add NULL check in mt_input_configured

devm_kasprintf() can return a NULL pointer on failure,but this returned value in mt_input_configured() is not checked. Add NULL check in mt_input_configured(), to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference error.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1