CVE-2025-71120 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.06%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 14
Latest updateApr 17
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
SUNRPC: svcauth_gss: avoid NULL deref on zero length gss_token in gss_read_proxy_verf
A zero length gss_token results in pages == 0 and in_token->pages[0]
is NULL. The code unconditionally evaluates
page_address(in_token->pages[0]) for the initial memcpy, which can
dereference NULL even when the copy length is 0. Guard the first
memcpy so it only runs when length > 0.
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
▶CVEListV5linux/linux5866efa8cbfbadf3905072798e96652faf02dbe8 — a8f1e445ce3545c90d69c9e8ff8f7821825fe810+9
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
10OSV▶
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 vulnerabilities↗2026-03-17