NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-71293

 

NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-71293

Published: May 7, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU130623
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-71293
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to a null pointer dereference in amdgpu_ras_sysfs_badpages_read when reading the badpages sysfs entry with eeprom data containing only invalid address entries. A local user can read the affected sysfs entry to cause a denial of service.

The issue occurs in the rare case where allocation is skipped because the eeprom contains only invalid address entries, and it can also result in space left assigned to negative values.


Affected software

Linux kernel

How to mitigate CVE-2025-71293

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3

External References

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