CVE-2025-71098NULL Pointer Dereference 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: ip6_gre: make ip6gre_header() robust Over the years, syzbot found many ways to crash the kernel in ip6gre_header() [1]. This involves team or bonding drivers ability to dynamically change their dev->needed_headroom and/or dev->hard_header_len In this particular crash mld_newpack() allocated an skb with a too small reserve/headroom, and by the time mld_sendpack() was called, syzbot managed to attach an ip6gre device. [1] skb

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_kernel3.7.05.10.248+5
NVDlinux/linux_kernel3.7.15.10.248+7
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.249-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-173.183

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

10
OSV
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linux-intel-iot-realtime vulnerabilities2026-03-23
OSV
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx vulnerabilities2026-03-23
OSV
linux-realtime vulnerabilities2026-03-17
OSV
linux-aws-5.15, linux-gcp-5.15, linux-gke, linux-hwe-5.15, linux-intel-iotg-5.15, linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15, linux-oracle-5.15 vulnerabilities2026-03-17

📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities2026-04-17
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities2026-04-17
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities2026-04-17
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities2026-04-17
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities2026-04-17

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
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