CVE-2025-71291CWE-476

CVE-2025-71291

Medium · published May 6, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00123 · 1.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2026-05-06T16:16Z
Affected products (5)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.19, < 6.1.1656.1.165
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.1286.6.128
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.756.12.75
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.166.18.16
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 6.19.66.19.6
References (6)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 MAY 11:32Z
    misc: bcm_vk: Fix possible null-pointer dereferences in bcm_vk_read()
    cvelistv5