CVE-2025-71291
MEDIUMmisc: bcm_vk: Fix possible null-pointer dereferences in bcm_vk_read()
Title source: cnaDescription
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.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0012
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 (26)
linux/Kernel
5.19.0 - 6.1.165linux
linux/Kernel
6.13.0 - 6.18.16linux
linux/Kernel
6.19.0 - 6.19.6linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.128linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.12.75linux
Linux/Linux
< 5.19
Linux/Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 20f2d9dbe5e972516f8f9948d7ae5b95d1ad77bd
Linux/Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 3842f93e6e29d5cc1dcb9e5bda70587b444bed69
Linux/Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 741c5a3a0cd893a4218fc0fc8c18403e54fcfb22
Linux/Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - aa97ccc3dc1eba9f4537f0410e9dbb0b05ccf2fb
... and 16 more
Published
May 06, 2026
Tracked Since
May 06, 2026