CVE-2025-40129

Linux kernel - Null Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

EPSS 0.0020
EPSS Percentile 9.6%

Details

Status published
Products (13)
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.17.3linux
linux/Kernel 6.3.0 - 6.6.112linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.53linux
Linux/Linux < 6.3
Linux/Linux 0653028e8f1c97fec30710813a001ad8a2ec34f4 - 6df164e29bd4e6505c5a2e0e5f1e1f6957a16a42
Linux/Linux 0653028e8f1c97fec30710813a001ad8a2ec34f4 - 81cec07d303186d0d8c623ef8b5ecd3b81e94cf6
Linux/Linux 0653028e8f1c97fec30710813a001ad8a2ec34f4 - ab9a70cd2386a0d70c164b0905dd66bc9af52e77
Linux/Linux 0653028e8f1c97fec30710813a001ad8a2ec34f4 - affc03d44921f493deaae1d33151e3067a6f9f8f
Linux/Linux 6.12.53 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.17.3 - 6.17.*
... and 3 more
Published Nov 12, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026