Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS2023-2026-1754
Advisory Released Date: 2026-05-26
Advisory Updated Date: 2026-05-26
Severity:
Important
References:
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity
Issue Overview:
PinTheft is a Linux local privilege escalation exploit for an RDS zerocopy double-free that can be turned into a page-cache overwrite through io_uring fixed buffers.
Affected Packages:
kernel6.18
Issue Correction:
Run dnf update kernel6.18 --releasever 2023.11.20260526 or dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2026-1754 --releasever 2023.11.20260526 to update your system.
More information on how to update your system can be found on this page: Amazon Linux 2023 documentation
New Packages:
aarch64:
kernel6.18-modules-extra-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.aarch64
kernel6.18-tools-debuginfo-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.aarch64
kernel-livepatch-6.18.30-61.116-1.0-0.amzn2023.aarch64
bpftool6.18-debuginfo-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.aarch64
bpftool6.18-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.aarch64
kernel6.18-tools-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.aarch64
perf6.18-debuginfo-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.aarch64
python3-perf6.18-debuginfo-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.aarch64
kernel6.18-tools-devel-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.aarch64
kernel6.18-modules-extra-common-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.aarch64
kernel6.18-headers-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.aarch64
python3-perf6.18-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.aarch64
kernel6.18-debuginfo-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.aarch64
kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.aarch64
perf6.18-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.aarch64
kernel6.18-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.aarch64
kernel6.18-devel-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.aarch64
src:
kernel6.18-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.src
x86_64:
bpftool6.18-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.x86_64
perf6.18-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.x86_64
python3-perf6.18-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.x86_64
bpftool6.18-debuginfo-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.x86_64
kernel6.18-modules-extra-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.x86_64
kernel6.18-tools-devel-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.x86_64
kernel6.18-tools-debuginfo-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.x86_64
kernel6.18-headers-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.x86_64
python3-perf6.18-debuginfo-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.x86_64
kernel6.18-tools-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.x86_64
kernel-livepatch-6.18.30-61.116-1.0-0.amzn2023.x86_64
perf6.18-debuginfo-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.x86_64
kernel6.18-modules-extra-common-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.x86_64
kernel6.18-debuginfo-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.x86_64
kernel6.18-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.x86_64
kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.x86_64
kernel6.18-devel-6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023.x86_64