{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-71313","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-05-27T12:23:27.414Z","datePublished":"2026-06-03T15:49:38.450Z","dateUpdated":"2026-06-03T15:49:38.450Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-06-03T15:49:38.450Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nPCI: endpoint: Add missing NULL check for alloc_workqueue()\n\nalloc_workqueue() can return NULL on memory allocation failure. Without\nproper error checking, this may lead to a NULL pointer dereference when\nqueue_work() is later called with the NULL workqueue pointer in\nepf_ntb_epc_init().\n\nAdd a NULL check immediately after alloc_workqueue() and return -ENOMEM on\nfailure to prevent the driver from loading with an invalid workqueue\npointer."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-ntb.c","drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c"],"versions":[{"version":"8b821cf761503b80d0bd052f932adfe1bc1a0088","lessThan":"314eab6740bcda504ef978be599f805de05ce6de","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"8b821cf761503b80d0bd052f932adfe1bc1a0088","lessThan":"03f336a869b3a3f119d3ae52ac9723739c7fb7b6","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-ntb.c","drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c"],"versions":[{"version":"5.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"5.12","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.19.4","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.0","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.12","versionEndExcluding":"6.19.4"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.12","versionEndExcluding":"7.0"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/314eab6740bcda504ef978be599f805de05ce6de"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03f336a869b3a3f119d3ae52ac9723739c7fb7b6"}],"title":"PCI: endpoint: Add missing NULL check for alloc_workqueue()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}