CVE-2025-71267 Affecting kernel-tools-debuginfo package, versions <1:6.1.166-197.305.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELTOOLSDEBUGINFO-15980948
  • published11 Apr 2026
  • disclosed18 Mar 2026

Introduced: 18 Mar 2026

CVE-2025-71267  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-tools-debuginfo to version 1:6.1.166-197.305.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-1544.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-debuginfo package and not the kernel-tools-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:

fs: ntfs3: fix infinite loop triggered by zero-sized ATTR_LIST

We found an infinite loop bug in the ntfs3 file system that can lead to a Denial-of-Service (DoS) condition.

A malformed NTFS image can cause an infinite loop when an ATTR_LIST attribute indicates a zero data size while the driver allocates memory for it.

When ntfs_load_attr_list() processes a resident ATTR_LIST with data_size set to zero, it still allocates memory because of al_aligned(0). This creates an inconsistent state where ni->attr_list.size is zero, but ni->attr_list.le is non-null. This causes ni_enum_attr_ex to incorrectly assume that no attribute list exists and enumerates only the primary MFT record. When it finds ATTR_LIST, the code reloads it and restarts the enumeration, repeating indefinitely. The mount operation never completes, hanging the kernel thread.

This patch adds validation to ensure that data_size is non-zero before memory allocation. When a zero-sized ATTR_LIST is detected, the function returns -EINVAL, preventing a DoS vulnerability.