CVE-2025-40129NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

Severity
3.2LOWOSV
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedNov 12
Latest updateApr 9

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sunrpc: fix null pointer dereference on zero-length checksum In xdr_stream_decode_opaque_auth(), zero-length checksum.len causes checksum.data to be set to NULL. This triggers a NPD when accessing checksum.data in gss_krb5_verify_mic_v2(). This patch ensures that the value of checksum.len is not less than XDR_UNIT.

Affected Packages5 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel6.3.06.6.112+2
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.12.57-1+1
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-106.106+1
CVEListV5linux/linux0653028e8f1c97fec30710813a001ad8a2ec34f481cec07d303186d0d8c623ef8b5ecd3b81e94cf6+4
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.17.6-1 (forky)

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