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High ALAS2-2026-3910 1 CVE

Important: libvirt security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Sep 14, 2026 · Updated Sep 14, 2026

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-18917: A flaw was found in libvirt. An unprivileged local user could exploit an integer overflow vulnerability in the NodeGetFreePages RPC handler. This flaw allows crafted values to bypass a size check, leading to an undersized memory buffer. Subsequently, real NUMA node data can overwrite this buffer. This heap buffer overflow can corrupt the root libvirt daemon's memory, potentially leading to a denial of service or local privilege escalation.

Fixed packages 32

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-admin 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-bash-completion 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-client 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-daemon 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-daemon-config-network 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-daemon-driver-interface 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-daemon-driver-network 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-daemon-driver-secret 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-daemon-kvm 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-daemon-lxc 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-debuginfo 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-devel 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-docs 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-libs 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-lock-sanlock 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-login-shell 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libvirt-nss 0:4.5.0-36.amzn2.3.4

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-18917.html