Reachable Assertion Affecting kernel-libbpf-debuginfo package, versions <1:6.1.150-174.273.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELLIBBPFDEBUGINFO-13166626
  • published1 Oct 2025
  • disclosed4 Sept 2025

Introduced: 4 Sep 2025

CVE-2025-38701  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-libbpf-debuginfo to version 1:6.1.150-174.273.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-1186.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-libbpf-debuginfo package and not the kernel-libbpf-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ext4: do not BUG when INLINE_DATA_FL lacks system.data xattr

A syzbot fuzzed image triggered a BUG_ON in ext4_update_inline_data() when an inode had the INLINE_DATA_FL flag set but was missing the system.data extended attribute.

Since this can happen due to a maiciouly fuzzed file system, we shouldn't BUG, but rather, report it as a corrupted file system.

Add similar replacements of BUG_ON with EXT4_ERROR_INODE() ii ext4_create_inline_data() and ext4_inline_data_truncate().

CVSS Base Scores

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