CVE-2025-71233

Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71233DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71233
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 23
Analyzed
Published: 18 Feb 2026, 14:53
Last modified:11 May 2026, 21:56

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.12% LOW
0% probability +0.10%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

18 Feb 2026, 14:53
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
11 May 2026, 21:56
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI: endpoint: Avoid creating sub-groups asynchronously The asynchronous creation of sub-groups by a delayed work could lead to a NULL pointer dereference when the driver directory is removed before the work completes. The crash can be easily reproduced with the following commands: # cd /sys/kernel/config/pci_ep/functions/pci_epf_test # for i in {1..20}; do mkdir test && rmdir test; done BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000088 ... Call Trace: configfs_register_group+0x3d/0x190 pci_epf_cfs_work+0x41/0x110 process_one_work+0x18f/0x350 worker_thread+0x25a/0x3a0 Fix this issue by using configfs_add_default_group() API which does not have the deadlock problem as configfs_register_group() and does not require the delayed work handler. [mani: slightly reworded the description and added stable list]

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.12%• Percentile: 2%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-476•NULL Pointer Dereference

    The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 6.1.164-1 | < 6.12.73-1 | < 6.18.12-1

  • debian•linux-6.1

    < 6.1.164-1~deb11u1

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 5.15.0-186.196 | < 6.8.0-134.134 | all

  • ubuntu•linux-allwinner-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws

    < 5.15.0-1112.119 | < 6.8.0-1060.63 | all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.15

    < 5.15.0-1112.119~20.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.14

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.17

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.5

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.8

    < 6.8.0-1060.63~22.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-fips

    all | < 5.15.0-1112.119+fips1 | < 6.8.0-1060.63+fips1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure

    all | < 5.15.0-1117.126 | < 6.8.0-1063.71 | all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.15

    < 5.15.0-1117.126~20.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.14

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.17

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.5

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.8

    < 6.8.0-1063.71~22.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-edge

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde

    all | < 5.15.0-1117.126 | < 6.8.0-1062.69 | all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.15

    < 5.15.0-1117.126~20.04.2

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.14

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.8

    < 6.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fips

    all | < 5.15.0-1117.126+fips1 | < 6.8.0-1062.69+fips1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-nvidia

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-nvidia-6.14

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-bluefield

    all | < 5.15.0-1096.98 | < 6.8.0-1026.30

  • ubuntu•linux-fips

    all | < 5.15.0-186.196+fips1 | < 6.8.0-134.134+fips1

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp

    all | < 5.15.0-1112.122 | < 6.8.0-1063.69 | all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.15

    all | < 5.15.0-1112.122~20.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.8

    all

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References (31)