CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-40129

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.52%

41th percentile - higher than 41% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a null pointer dereference (NPD) was found in xdr_stream_decode_opaque_auth() (sunrpc module) when the checksum length is zero. When checksum.len is 0, checksum.data is set to NULL, triggering an NPD when accessing checksum.data in gss_krb5_verify_mic_v2(). The fix ensures checksum.len is not less than XDR_UNIT.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability can cause a kernel panic or denial of service (DoS) on systems using Kerberos authentication over RPC.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that validates the checksum length.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sunrpc: fix null pointer dereference on zero-length checksum In xdr_stream_decode_opaque_auth(), zero-length checksum.len causes checksum.data to be set to NULL. This triggers a NPD when accessing checksum.data in gss_krb5_verify_mic_v2(). This patch ensures that the value of checksum.len is not less than XDR_UNIT.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS