Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-71285
Published: May 7, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU130631
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-71285
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in the qrtr client driver for the IPCR DL channel when handling auto-queued RX buffers during driver probe. A local user can trigger the vulnerable code path to cause a denial of service.
The issue can lead to a NULL pointer dereference during boot before the client driver's structures are fully initialized.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-71285
Install security update from vendor's repository.