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High ALAS2023-2026-3102 2 CVEs

Important: kernel6.18 security update (Amazon Linux 2023)

Published Sep 18, 2026 · Updated Sep 28, 2026

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-81000: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: tun: bound receive headroom CVE-2026-80844: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: ah6: validate routing header segments_left

Fixed packages 19

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2023 bpftool6.18 1:6.18.48-109.150.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 bpftool6.18-debuginfo 1:6.18.48-109.150.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.18.48-109.150 1:1.0-0.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 kernel6.18 1:6.18.48-109.150.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 kernel6.18-debuginfo 1:6.18.48-109.150.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64 1:6.18.48-109.150.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64 1:6.18.48-109.150.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 kernel6.18-devel 1:6.18.48-109.150.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 kernel6.18-headers 1:6.18.48-109.150.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 kernel6.18-modules-extra 1:6.18.48-109.150.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 kernel6.18-modules-extra-common 1:6.18.48-109.150.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 kernel6.18-tools 1:6.18.48-109.150.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 kernel6.18-tools-debuginfo 1:6.18.48-109.150.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 kernel6.18-tools-devel 1:6.18.48-109.150.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 microvm-kernel6.18 1:6.18.48-109.150.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 perf6.18 1:6.18.48-109.150.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 perf6.18-debuginfo 1:6.18.48-109.150.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 python3-perf6.18 1:6.18.48-109.150.amzn2023
Amazon Linux · 2023 python3-perf6.18-debuginfo 1:6.18.48-109.150.amzn2023

Vulnerabilities 2

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2026-81000 Public exploit

    net: tun: bound receive headroom

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: tun: bound receive headroom tun_get_user() uses tun->align both as skb headroom and when choosing how much packet data to keep linear. OVS can propagate an oversized headroom request fro…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2026-80844 Public exploit

    xfrm: ah6: validate routing header segments_left

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: ah6: validate routing header segments_left AH6 rearranges routing-header addresses before computing or verifying the ICV. ipv6_rearrange_rthdr() assumes that segments_left is not larger…

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-80844.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-81000.html