Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 3, 2026· Updated Oct 21, 2026
CVE-2025-71313
CVE-2025-71313
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PCI: endpoint: Add missing NULL check for alloc_workqueue()
alloc_workqueue() can return NULL on memory allocation failure. Without proper error checking, this may lead to a NULL pointer dereference when queue_work() is later called with the NULL workqueue pointer in epf_ntb_epc_init().
Add a NULL check immediately after alloc_workqueue() and return -ENOMEM on failure to prevent the driver from loading with an invalid workqueue pointer.
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Affected products
10- osv-coords7 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18-bootc-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-6.18-bootc-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-6.18-bootcpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18-bootcpkg:linux/kernel
< 6.18.38-r2+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.38-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.38-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.44-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: >= 5.12.0, < 6.6.160
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/03f336a869b3a3f119d3ae52ac9723739c7fb7b6nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/314eab6740bcda504ef978be599f805de05ce6denvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/11e78304b0113d3a122dc2c37426adc34c809645nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f62f8be57882c26f8bede0cab293d013964208fnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/829ccfb22950c430f2bf5b40465510c210afb4d5nvd
News mentions
1- Google Android and Linux Kernel: 50 Vulnerabilities Disclosed in Two BatchesVypr Intelligence · Jun 3, 2026