UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71233
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
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
Affected Systems
- ubuntu•linux
all | all | all | < 5.15.0-186.196 | < 6.8.0-134.134 | all
- ubuntu•linux-allwinner-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws
all | all | all | < 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
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.4
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
all | < 6.8.0-1060.63~22.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-aws-fips
all | < 6.8.0-1060.63+fips1
- ubuntu•linux-aws-hwe
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure
all | all | all | all | all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-4.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.4
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
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all | all | all | all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.14
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.17
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fips
all | < 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 | all
- ubuntu•linux-fips
all | < 6.8.0-134.134+fips1
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
all | all | all | all | < 5.15.0-1112.122 | < 6.8.0-1063.69 | all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-4.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.13
all
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References (13)
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-71233
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-71233
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24a253c3aa6d9a2cde46158ce9782e023bfbf32d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73cee890adafa2c219bb865356e08e7f82423fe5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9af3cf58bb4c8d6dea4166011c780756b1138b5
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8492-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8492-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8497-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8499-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8492-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8492-4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8492-5
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8575-1