Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-71314

 

Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-71314

Published: June 4, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU133349
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-2025-71314
CWE-ID: CWE-703
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of cache flush timeout conditions in panthor_gpu_flush_caches() when processing buggy GPU jobs created by the userspace driver. A local user can submit a malformed GPU job to cause a denial of service.

The issue can block the whole memory subsystem and prevent flush operations from completing.


How to mitigate CVE-2025-71314

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Sources