NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting perf-debuginfo package, versions <0:6.1.34-56.100.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-PERFDEBUGINFO-13552086
  • published15 Oct 2025
  • disclosed1 Oct 2025

Introduced: 1 Oct 2025

CVE-2023-53483  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 perf-debuginfo to version 0:6.1.34-56.100.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-228.

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:

ACPI: processor: Check for null return of devm_kzalloc() in fch_misc_setup()

devm_kzalloc() may fail, clk_data->name might be NULL and will cause a NULL pointer dereference later.

[ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ]

CVSS Base Scores

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