ALAS2023-2026-1848


Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS2023-2026-1848
Advisory Released Date: 2026-06-22
Advisory Updated Date: 2026-06-22
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

libusb before version 1.0.30 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that allows attackers to crash applications by supplying a malformed USB configuration descriptor where an interface claims bNumEndpoints greater than zero but is followed by a class-specific descriptor whose bLength exceeds the remaining buffer size, causing parse_interface() to return early without allocating the endpoint array. Attackers can exploit this flaw through libusb_get_active_config_descriptor or libusb_get_config_descriptor by providing crafted descriptors via virtualized USB passthrough, file-based descriptor parsing, or network sources, causing any application iterating over endpoints to dereference a NULL endpoint pointer and crash. (CVE-2026-23679)


Affected Packages:

libusbx


Issue Correction:
Run dnf update libusbx --releasever 2023.12.20260622 or dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2026-1848 --releasever 2023.12.20260622 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:
    libusbx-tests-examples-1.0.24-2.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    libusbx-tests-examples-debuginfo-1.0.24-2.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    libusbx-debuginfo-1.0.24-2.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    libusbx-devel-1.0.24-2.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    libusbx-1.0.24-2.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    libusbx-debugsource-1.0.24-2.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64

noarch:
    libusbx-devel-doc-1.0.24-2.amzn2023.0.3.noarch

src:
    libusbx-1.0.24-2.amzn2023.0.3.src

x86_64:
    libusbx-tests-examples-debuginfo-1.0.24-2.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    libusbx-1.0.24-2.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    libusbx-debugsource-1.0.24-2.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    libusbx-debuginfo-1.0.24-2.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    libusbx-tests-examples-1.0.24-2.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    libusbx-devel-1.0.24-2.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64