# ALAS2023-2026-1693: Security update for 18 packages

ALAS2023-2026-1693, released May 8, 2026, fixes 78 CVEs across 18 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Urgent.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1693
- Platform: Linux
- Released: May 8, 2026
- Priority: Urgent (Closes CVE-2026-43071, rated Critical)
- CVEs: 78, exploited: 0, on CISA KEV: 0
- Vendor advisory: https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2026-1693.html

## Applies to

| Product | Release | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| [bpftool6.18](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/bpftool6.18.md) | amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 |
| [bpftool6.18-debuginfo](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/bpftool6.18-debuginfo.md) | amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 |
| [kernel-livepatch-6.18.25-55.108](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel-livepatch-6.18.25-55.108.md) | amzn 2023 | 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 |
| [kernel6.18](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel6.18.md) | amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 |
| [kernel6.18-debuginfo](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel6.18-debuginfo.md) | amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 |
| [kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64.md) | amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 |
| [kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86-64.md) | amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 |
| [kernel6.18-devel](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel6.18-devel.md) | amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 |
| [kernel6.18-headers](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel6.18-headers.md) | amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 |
| [kernel6.18-modules-extra](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel6.18-modules-extra.md) | amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 |
| [kernel6.18-modules-extra-common](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel6.18-modules-extra-common.md) | amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 |
| [kernel6.18-tools](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel6.18-tools.md) | amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 |
| [kernel6.18-tools-debuginfo](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel6.18-tools-debuginfo.md) | amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 |
| [kernel6.18-tools-devel](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kernel6.18-tools-devel.md) | amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 |
| [perf6.18](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/perf6.18.md) | amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 |
| [perf6.18-debuginfo](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/perf6.18-debuginfo.md) | amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 |
| [python3-perf6.18](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/python3-perf6.18.md) | amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 |
| [python3-perf6.18-debuginfo](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/python3-perf6.18-debuginfo.md) | amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 |

## CVEs this fix closes

| CVE | Priority | Title | CVSS | EPSS | Exploitation |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---|
| [CVE-2026-43071](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43071.md) | Urgent | linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  dcache: Limit the minimal number of bucket to tw... | 9.1 | 0.0046 |  |
| [CVE-2026-43117](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43117.md) | Urgent | linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  btrfs: tracepoints: get correct superblock from... | 9.1 | 0.0046 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31533](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31533.md) | Urgent | linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  net/tls: fix use-after-free in -EBUSY error path... | 9.8 | 0.0040 |  |
| [CVE-2026-43284](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43284.md) | High | xfrm: esp: avoid in-place decrypt on shared skb frags | 8.8 | 0.9419 |  |
| [CVE-2026-43083](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43083.md) | High | net: ioam6: fix OOB and missing lock | 9.1 | 0.0060 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31637](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31637.md) | High | rxrpc: reject undecryptable rxkad response tickets | 9.8 | 0.0059 |  |
| [CVE-2026-43101](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43101.md) | High | ipv6: ioam: fix potential NULL dereferences in __ioam6_fill_trace_data() | 7.5 | 0.0059 |  |
| [CVE-2026-43099](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43099.md) | High | linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  ipv4: icmp: fix null-ptr-deref in icmp_build_pro... | 7.5 | 0.0050 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31685](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31685.md) | High | netfilter: ip6t_eui64: reject invalid MAC header for all packets | 9.4 | 0.0049 |  |
| [CVE-2026-43074](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43074.md) | High | kernel-default: The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 kernel was updated to fix various security issues  The following security issues wer... | 7.8 | 0.0048 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31669](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31669.md) | High | mptcp: fix slab-use-after-free in __inet_lookup_established | 9.8 | 0.0047 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31668](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31668.md) | High | seg6: separate dst_cache for input and output paths in seg6 lwtunnel | 9.8 | 0.0044 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31662](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31662.md) | High | tipc: fix bc_ackers underflow on duplicate GRP_ACK_MSG | 7.5 | 0.0039 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31613](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31613.md) | High | smb: client: fix OOB reads parsing symlink error response | 8.8 | 0.0039 |  |
| [CVE-2026-43114](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43114.md) | High | kernel: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.  Security Fix(es):  * kernel: k... | 9.4 | 0.0037 |  |
| [CVE-2026-43112](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43112.md) | High | kpatch-patch-4_18_0-553_109_1: This is a kernel live patch module which can be loaded by the kpatch command line utility to modify the code of a run... | 8.8 | 0.0035 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31708](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31708.md) | High | smb: client: fix OOB read in smb2_ioctl_query_info QUERY_INFO path | 8.1 | 0.0035 |  |
| [CVE-2026-43350](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43350.md) | High | linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  smb: client: require a full NFS mode SID before... | 7.6 | 0.0032 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31607](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31607.md) | High | usbip: validate number_of_packets in usbip_pack_ret_submit() | 9.8 | 0.0031 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31600](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31600.md) | High | arm64: mm: Handle invalid large leaf mappings correctly | 7.5 | 0.0029 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31694](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31694.md) | High | fuse: reject oversized dirents in page cache | 7.8 | 0.0028 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31663](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31663.md) | High | xfrm: hold dev ref until after transport_finish NF_HOOK | 8.8 | 0.0022 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31588](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31588.md) | High | KVM: x86: Use scratch field in MMIO fragment to hold small write values | 8.8 | 0.0019 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31407](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31407.md) | High | netfilter: conntrack: add missing netlink policy validations | 7.1 | 0.0018 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31719](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31719.md) | High | linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  crypto: krb5enc - fix async decrypt skipping has... | 7.5 | 0.0018 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31532](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31532.md) | High | can: raw: fix ro->uniq use-after-free in raw_rcv() | 8.8 | 0.0017 |  |
| [CVE-2026-43093](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43093.md) | High | linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  xsk: tighten UMEM headroom validation to account... | 7.8 | 0.0014 |  |
| [CVE-2026-23442](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-23442.md) | High | ipv6: add NULL checks for idev in SRv6 paths | 7.8 | 0.0013 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31586](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31586.md) | High | mm: blk-cgroup: fix use-after-free in cgwb_release_workfn() | 7.8 | 0.0013 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31580](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31580.md) | High | bcache: fix cached_dev.sb_bio use-after-free and crash | 7.8 | 0.0013 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31673](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31673.md) | High | af_unix: read UNIX_DIAG_VFS data under unix_state_lock | 7.8 | 0.0013 |  |
| [CVE-2026-43091](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43091.md) | High | linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  xfrm: Wait for RCU readers during policy netns e... | 7.8 | 0.0013 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31624](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31624.md) | High | HID: core: clamp report_size in s32ton() to avoid undefined shift | 7.1 | 0.0013 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31716](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31716.md) | High | linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  fs/ntfs3: validate rec->used in journal-replay f... | 7.8 | 0.0013 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31614](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31614.md) | High | kernel-default: The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 kernel was updated to fix various security issues  The following security issues wer... | 7.1 | 0.0013 |  |
| [CVE-2026-43084](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43084.md) | High | linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: make hash table per... | 7.8 | 0.0013 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31665](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31665.md) | High | netfilter: nft_ct: fix use-after-free in timeout object destroy | 7.8 | 0.0012 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31593](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31593.md) | High | KVM: SEV: Reject attempts to sync VMSA of an already-launched/encrypted vCPU | 8.8 | 0.0012 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31591](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31591.md) | High | KVM: SEV: Lock all vCPUs when synchronzing VMSAs for SNP launch finish | 7.0 | 0.0012 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31418](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31418.md) | High | netfilter: ipset: drop logically empty buckets in mtype_del | 8.1 | 0.0012 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31648](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31648.md) | High | mm: filemap: fix nr_pages calculation overflow in filemap_map_pages() | 7.8 | 0.0012 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31666](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31666.md) | High | linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  btrfs: fix incorrect return value after changing... | 7.8 | 0.0012 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31692](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31692.md) | High | kernel: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rtnetlink: add missing netlink_ns_capable() check... | 7.8 | 0.0012 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31703](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31703.md) | High | linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  writeback: Fix use after free in inode_switch_wb... | 7.8 | 0.0012 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31684](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31684.md) | High | net: sched: act_csum: validate nested VLAN headers | 7.8 | 0.0012 |  |
| [CVE-2026-43109](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43109.md) | High | x86: shadow stacks: proper error handling for mmap lock | 7.1 | 0.0011 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31700](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31700.md) | High | net/packet: fix TOCTOU race on mmap'd vnet_hdr in tpacket_snd() | 7.8 | 0.0011 |  |
| [CVE-2026-43116](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43116.md) | High | netfilter: ctnetlink: ensure safe access to master conntrack | 8.8 | 0.0010 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31667](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31667.md) | High | Input: uinput - fix circular locking dependency with ff-core | 7.8 | 0.0010 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31656](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31656.md) | High | drm/i915/gt: fix refcount underflow in intel_engine_park_heartbeat | 8.8 | 0.0009 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31430](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31430.md) | High | X.509: Fix out-of-bounds access when parsing extensions | 7.8 | 0.0008 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31429](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31429.md) | Routine | net: skb: fix cross-cache free of KFENCE-allocated skb head | 6.6 | 0.0026 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31531](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31531.md) | Routine | ipv4: nexthop: allocate skb dynamically in rtm_get_nexthop() | 5.5 | 0.0017 |  |
| [CVE-2026-43073](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43073.md) | Routine | x86-64: rename misleadingly named '__copy_user_nocache()' function | 5.5 | 0.0016 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31592](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31592.md) | Routine | KVM: SEV: Protect *all* of sev_mem_enc_register_region() with kvm->lock | 6.6 | 0.0016 |  |
| [CVE-2026-43107](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43107.md) | Routine | xfrm: account XFRMA_IF_ID in aevent size calculation | 5.5 | 0.0016 |  |
| [CVE-2026-43118](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43118.md) | Routine | btrfs: fix zero size inode with non-zero size after log replay | 5.5 | 0.0016 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31579](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31579.md) | Routine | wireguard: device: use exit_rtnl callback instead of manual rtnl_lock in pre_exit | 5.5 | 0.0016 |  |
| [CVE-2026-43089](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43089.md) | Routine | linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  xfrm_user: fix info leak in build_mapping()  str... | 5.5 | 0.0013 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31625](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31625.md) | Routine | HID: alps: fix NULL pointer dereference in alps_raw_event() | 5.5 | 0.0013 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31628](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31628.md) | Routine | x86/CPU: Fix FPDSS on Zen1 | 5.5 | 0.0013 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31634](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31634.md) | Routine | rxrpc: fix reference count leak in rxrpc_server_keyring() | 5.5 | 0.0013 |  |
| [CVE-2026-43085](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43085.md) | Routine | linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  netfilter: nfnetlink_log: initialize nfgenmsg in... | 5.5 | 0.0013 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31681](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31681.md) | Routine | netfilter: xt_multiport: validate range encoding in checkentry | 6.1 | 0.0012 |  |
| [CVE-2026-43079](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43079.md) | Routine | linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  perf/x86/intel/uncore: Skip discovery table for... | 5.5 | 0.0012 |  |
| [CVE-2026-43094](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43094.md) | Routine | linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  ixgbevf: add missing negotiate_features op to Hy... | 5.5 | 0.0012 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31575](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31575.md) | Routine | mm/userfaultfd: fix hugetlb fault mutex hash calculation | 5.5 | 0.0012 |  |
| [CVE-2026-43086](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43086.md) | Routine | linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  ipvs: fix NULL deref in ip_vs_add_service error... | 5.5 | 0.0012 |  |
| [CVE-2026-43090](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43090.md) | Routine | linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  xfrm: fix refcount leak in xfrm_migrate_policy_f... | 5.5 | 0.0012 |  |
| [CVE-2026-43092](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43092.md) | Routine | linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  xsk: validate MTU against usable frame size on b... | 5.5 | 0.0012 |  |
| [CVE-2026-43100](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-43100.md) | Routine | linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  bridge: guard local VLAN-0 FDB helpers against N... | 5.5 | 0.0012 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31664](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31664.md) | Routine | xfrm: clear trailing padding in build_polexpire() | 5.5 | 0.0012 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31671](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31671.md) | Routine | xfrm_user: fix info leak in build_report() | 5.5 | 0.0012 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31689](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31689.md) | Routine | EDAC/mc: Fix error path ordering in edac_mc_alloc() | 5.5 | 0.0012 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31713](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31713.md) | Routine | linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  fuse: abort on fatal signal during sync init  Wh... | 5.5 | 0.0012 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31653](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31653.md) | Routine | linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  mm/damon/sysfs: dealloc repeat_call_control if d... | 5.5 | 0.0011 |  |
| [CVE-2026-31691](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-31691.md) | Routine | linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  igb: remove napi_synchronize() in igb_down()  Wh... | 5.5 | 0.0011 |  |
| [CVE-2026-23394](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-23394.md) | Routine | linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  af_unix: Give up GC if MSG_PEEK intervened | 4.7 | 0.0010 |  |

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