Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 14, 2026· Updated Feb 9, 2026
SUNRPC: svcauth_gss: avoid NULL deref on zero length gss_token in gss_read_proxy_verf
CVE-2025-71120
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
SUNRPC: svcauth_gss: avoid NULL deref on zero length gss_token in gss_read_proxy_verf
A zero length gss_token results in pages == 0 and in_token->pages[0] is NULL. The code unconditionally evaluates page_address(in_token->pages[0]) for the initial memcpy, which can dereference NULL even when the copy length is 0. Guard the first memcpy so it only runs when length > 0.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 5.5
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
7- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c8bb965e9b0559ff0f5690615a527c30f651dd8mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dedb6a11243a5c9eb9dbb97bca3c98bd725e83dmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7452d53f293379e2c38cfa8ad0694aa46fc4788bmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2c6f25ab98b423f99ccd94874d655b8bcb01a19mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8f1e445ce3545c90d69c9e8ff8f7821825fe810mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4b69a6186b215d2dc1ebcab965ed88e8d41768dmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9e53f69ac3bc4ef568b08d3542edac02e83fefdmitre
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