Integer Underflow Affecting perf-debuginfo package, versions <1:6.1.163-186.299.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-PERFDEBUGINFO-15847091
  • published30 Mar 2026
  • disclosed4 Feb 2026

Introduced: 4 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-23069  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-191  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 perf-debuginfo to version 1:6.1.163-186.299.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-1468.

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:

vsock/virtio: fix potential underflow in virtio_transport_get_credit()

The credit calculation in virtio_transport_get_credit() uses unsigned arithmetic:

ret = vvs->peer_buf_alloc - (vvs->tx_cnt - vvs->peer_fwd_cnt);

If the peer shrinks its advertised buffer (peer_buf_alloc) while bytes are in flight, the subtraction can underflow and produce a large positive value, potentially allowing more data to be queued than the peer can handle.

Reuse virtio_transport_has_space() which already handles this case and add a comment to make it clear why we are doing that.

[Stefano: use virtio_transport_has_space() instead of duplicating the code] [Stefano: tweak the commit message]

CVSS Base Scores

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