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.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-1544 advisory.

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

    fs: ntfs3: fix infinite loop in attr_load_runs_range on inconsistent metadata (CVE-2025-71265)

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

    fs: ntfs3: check return value of indx_find to avoid infinite loop (CVE-2025-71266)

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

    fs: ntfs3: fix infinite loop triggered by zero-sized ATTR_LIST (CVE-2025-71267)

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

    netfilter: nf_tables: fix use-after-free in nf_tables_addchain() (CVE-2026-23231)

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

    RDMA/umad: Reject negative data_len in ib_umad_write (CVE-2026-23243)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-1543 advisory.

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

    fs/xattr: missing fdput() in fremovexattr error path (CVE-2024-14027)

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

    audit: add fchmodat2() to change attributes class (CVE-2025-71239)

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

    fs: ntfs3: fix infinite loop in attr_load_runs_range on inconsistent metadata (CVE-2025-71265)

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

    fs: ntfs3: check return value of indx_find to avoid infinite loop (CVE-2025-71266)

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

    fs: ntfs3: fix infinite loop triggered by zero-sized ATTR_LIST (CVE-2025-71267)

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

    btrfs: do not strictly require dirty metadata threshold for metadata writepages (CVE-2026-23157)

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

    netfilter: nf_tables: fix use-after-free in nf_tables_addchain() (CVE-2026-23231)

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

    espintcp: Fix race condition in espintcp_close() (CVE-2026-23239)

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

    tls: Fix race condition in tls_sw_cancel_work_tx() (CVE-2026-23240)

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

    RDMA/umad: Reject negative data_len in ib_umad_write (CVE-2026-23243)

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

    nvme: fix memory allocation in nvme_pr_read_keys() (CVE-2026-23244)

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

    xfs: check for deleted cursors when revalidating two btrees (CVE-2026-23249)

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

    net/sched: Only allow act_ct to bind to clsact/ingress qdiscs and shared blocks (CVE-2026-23270)

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

    perf: Fix __perf_event_overflow() vs perf_remove_from_context() race (CVE-2026-23271)

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

    macvlan: observe an RCU grace period in macvlan_common_newlink() error path (CVE-2026-23273)

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

    drbd: fix null-pointer dereference on local read error (CVE-2026-23285)

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

    scsi: target: Fix recursive locking in __configfs_open_file() (CVE-2026-23292)

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

    net: vxlan: fix nd_tbl NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled (CVE-2026-23293)

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

    scsi: core: Fix refcount leak for tagset_refcnt (CVE-2026-23296)

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

    nfsd: Fix cred ref leak in nfsd_nl_threads_set_doit(). (CVE-2026-23297)

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

    net: ipv6: fix panic when IPv4 route references loopback IPv6 nexthop (CVE-2026-23300)

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

    smb: client: Don't log plaintext credentials in cifs_set_cifscreds (CVE-2026-23303)

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

    ipv6: fix NULL pointer deref in ip6_rt_get_dev_rcu() (CVE-2026-23304)

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

    bpf/bonding: reject vlan+srcmac xmit_hash_policy change when XDP is loaded (CVE-2026-23310)

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

    i40e: Fix preempt count leak in napi poll tracepoint (CVE-2026-23313)

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

    net: ipv4: fix ARM64 alignment fault in multipath hash seed (CVE-2026-23316)

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

    drm/vmwgfx: Return the correct value in vmw_translate_ptr functions (CVE-2026-23317)

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

    bpf: Fix a UAF issue in bpf_trampoline_link_cgroup_shim (CVE-2026-23319)

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

    RDMA/irdma: Fix kernel stack leak in irdma_create_user_ah() (CVE-2026-23335)

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

    net: sched: avoid qdisc_reset_all_tx_gt() vs dequeue race for lockless qdiscs (CVE-2026-23340)

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

    xdp: produce a warning when calculated tailroom is negative (CVE-2026-23343)

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

    netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: split gc into unlink and reclaim phase (CVE-2026-23351)

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

    x86/efi: defer freeing of boot services memory (CVE-2026-23352)

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

    x86/fred: Correct speculative safety in fred_extint() (CVE-2026-23354)

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

    drbd: fix LOGIC BUG in drbd_al_begin_io_nonblock() (CVE-2026-23356)

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

    bpf: Fix stack-out-of-bounds write in devmap (CVE-2026-23359)

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

    nvme: fix admin queue leak on controller reset (CVE-2026-23360)

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

    PCI: dwc: ep: Flush MSI-X write before unmapping its ATU entry (CVE-2026-23361)

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

    can: bcm: fix locking for bcm_op runtime updates (CVE-2026-23362)

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

    i2c: i801: Revert i2c: i801: replace acpi_lock with I2C bus lock (CVE-2026-23369)

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

    net/sched: ets: fix divide by zero in the offload path (CVE-2026-23379)

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

    tracing: Fix WARN_ON in tracing_buffers_mmap_close (CVE-2026-23380)

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

    net: bridge: fix nd_tbl NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled (CVE-2026-23381)

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

    bpf, arm64: Force 8-byte alignment for JIT buffer to prevent atomic tearing (CVE-2026-23383)

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

    Squashfs: check metadata block offset is within range (CVE-2026-23388)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-1515 advisory.

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

    audit: add fchmodat2() to change attributes class (CVE-2025-71239)

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

    fs: ntfs3: fix infinite loop in attr_load_runs_range on inconsistent metadata (CVE-2025-71265)

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

    fs: ntfs3: check return value of indx_find to avoid infinite loop (CVE-2025-71266)

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

    fs: ntfs3: fix infinite loop triggered by zero-sized ATTR_LIST (CVE-2025-71267)

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

    espintcp: Fix race condition in espintcp_close() (CVE-2026-23239)

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

    tls: Fix race condition in tls_sw_cancel_work_tx() (CVE-2026-23240)

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

    audit: add missing syscalls to read class (CVE-2026-23241)

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

    xfs: check for deleted cursors when revalidating two btrees (CVE-2026-23249)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An update of the linux package has been released.

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.15.202-141.223. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2026-099 advisory.

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

    fs: ntfs3: fix infinite loop in attr_load_runs_range on inconsistent metadata (CVE-2025-71265)

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

    fs: ntfs3: check return value of indx_find to avoid infinite loop (CVE-2025-71266)

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

    fs: ntfs3: fix infinite loop triggered by zero-sized ATTR_LIST (CVE-2025-71267)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2025-71267)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
305232	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2026-1544)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
305231	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool6.12, kernel6.12, kernel6.12-devel (ALAS2023-2026-1543)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
304620	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool6.18, kernel6.18, kernel6.18-devel (ALAS2023-2026-1515)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	critical
303585	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2026-5.0-0794	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
303082	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2026-099 (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2026-099)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
302912	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-71267	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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