Race Condition Affecting perf-debuginfo package, versions <0:6.1.55-75.123.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-PERFDEBUGINFO-14897273
  • published8 Jan 2026
  • disclosed9 Dec 2025

Introduced: 9 Dec 2025

CVE-2023-53799  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-368  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 perf-debuginfo to version 0:6.1.55-75.123.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-356.

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:

crypto: api - Use work queue in crypto_destroy_instance

The function crypto_drop_spawn expects to be called in process context. However, when an instance is unregistered while it still has active users, the last user may cause the instance to be freed in atomic context.

Fix this by delaying the freeing to a work queue.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1