Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting perf-debuginfo package, versions <1:6.1.153-175.280.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-PERFDEBUGINFO-13170167
  • published1 Oct 2025
  • disclosed4 Jul 2025

Introduced: 4 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-38201  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 perf-debuginfo to version 1:6.1.153-175.280.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-1210.

NVD Description

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

netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: clamp maximum map bucket size to INT_MAX

Otherwise, it is possible to hit WARN_ON_ONCE in __kvmalloc_node_noprof() when resizing hashtable because __GFP_NOWARN is unset.

Similar to:

b541ba7d1f5a ("netfilter: conntrack: clamp maximum hashtable size to INT_MAX")

CVSS Base Scores

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