CVE-2025-71313
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
Publication date:
03/06/2026
Last modified:
09/06/2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
PCI: endpoint: Add missing NULL check for alloc_workqueue()<br />
<br />
alloc_workqueue() can return NULL on memory allocation failure. Without<br />
proper error checking, this may lead to a NULL pointer dereference when<br />
queue_work() is later called with the NULL workqueue pointer in<br />
epf_ntb_epc_init().<br />
<br />
Add a NULL check immediately after alloc_workqueue() and return -ENOMEM on<br />
failure to prevent the driver from loading with an invalid workqueue<br />
pointer.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.12 (including) | 6.19.4 (excluding) |
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