NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-libbpf-debuginfo package, versions <1:6.1.161-183.298.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELLIBBPFDEBUGINFO-15848003
  • published30 Mar 2026
  • disclosed13 Jan 2026

Introduced: 13 Jan 2026

CVE-2025-71083  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-libbpf-debuginfo to version 1:6.1.161-183.298.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-1494.

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:

drm/ttm: Avoid NULL pointer deref for evicted BOs

It is possible for a BO to exist that is not currently associated with a resource, e.g. because it has been evicted.

When devcoredump tries to read the contents of all BOs for dumping, we need to expect this as well -- in this case, ENODATA is recorded instead of the buffer contents.

CVSS Base Scores

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