CVE-2025-71291

MEDIUM

misc: bcm_vk: Fix possible null-pointer dereferences in bcm_vk_read()

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: bcm_vk: Fix possible null-pointer dereferences in bcm_vk_read() In the function bcm_vk_read(), the pointer entry is checked, indicating that it can be NULL. If entry is NULL and rc is set to -EMSGSIZE, the following code may cause null-pointer dereferences: struct vk_msg_blk tmp_msg = entry->to_h_msg[0]; set_msg_id(&tmp_msg, entry->usr_msg_id); tmp_msg.size = entry->to_h_blks - 1; To prevent these possible null-pointer dereferences, copy to_h_msg, usr_msg_id, and to_h_blks from iter into temporary variables, and return these temporary variables to the application instead of accessing them through a potentially NULL entry.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (21)
Linux/Linux < 5.19
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 20f2d9dbe5e972516f8f9948d7ae5b95d1ad77bd
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 3842f93e6e29d5cc1dcb9e5bda70587b444bed69
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 741c5a3a0cd893a4218fc0fc8c18403e54fcfb22
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - aa97ccc3dc1eba9f4537f0410e9dbb0b05ccf2fb
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - ba75ecb97d3f4e95d59002c13afb6519205be6cb
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - ece3722169ba93734bfd1f06255e8ab7f19fe964
Linux/Linux 5.19
Linux/Linux 6.1.165 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.12.75 - 6.12.*
... and 11 more
Published May 06, 2026
Tracked Since May 06, 2026