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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2025-71267"
idYear: 2025
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-03-18T10:05:04.008Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-15T01:11:22.354Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:44.935Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-71267"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-71267.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-71267"
title: "fs: ntfs3: fix infinite loop triggered by zero-sized ATTR_LIST"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs: ntfs3: fix infinite loop triggered by zero-sized ATTR_LIST\n\nWe found an infinite loop bug in the ntfs3 file system that can lead to a\nDenial-of-Service (DoS) condition.\n\nA malformed NTFS image can cause an infinite loop when an ATTR_LIST attribute\nindicates a zero data size while the driver allocates memory for it.\n\nWhen ntfs_load_attr_list() processes a resident ATTR_LIST with data_size set\nto zero, it still allocates memory because of al_aligned(0). This creates an\ninconsistent state where ni-\u003eattr_list.size is zero, but ni-\u003eattr_list.le is\nnon-null. This causes ni_enum_attr_ex to incorrectly assume that no attribute\nlist exists and enumerates only the primary MFT record. When it finds\nATTR_LIST, the code reloads it and restarts the enumeration, repeating\nindefinitely. The mount operation never completes, hanging the kernel thread.\n\nThis patch adds validation to ensure that data_size is non-zero before memory\nallocation. When a zero-sized ATTR_LIST is detected, the function returns\n-EINVAL, preventing a DoS vulnerability."
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