CVE-2025-71096Use of Uninitialized Resource in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.06%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJan 13
Latest updateApr 17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/core: Check for the presence of LS_NLA_TYPE_DGID correctly The netlink response for RDMA_NL_LS_OP_IP_RESOLVE should always have a LS_NLA_TYPE_DGID attribute, it is invalid if it does not. Use the nl parsing logic properly and call nla_parse_deprecated() to fill the nlattrs array and then directly index that array to get the data for the DGID. Just fail if it is NULL. Remove the for loop searching for the nla, and squash

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages17 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel4.7.05.10.248+5
NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.7.15.10.248+7
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.249-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-173.183
CVEListV5linux/linuxae43f8286730d1f2d241c34601df59f6d2286ac4376f46c8983458ead26cac83aa897a0b78491831+7

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

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📋Vendor Advisories

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🕵️Threat Intelligence

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