{"cve":"CVE-2025-71135","nvd":{"published":"2026-01-14T15:16:03.277","modified":"2026-06-17T10:03:44.170","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmd/raid5: fix possible null-pointer dereferences in raid5_store_group_thread_cnt()\n\nThe variable mddev->private is first assigned to conf and then checked:\n\n  conf = mddev->private;\n  if (!conf) ...\n\nIf conf is NULL, then mddev->private is also NULL. In this case,\nnull-pointer dereferences can occur when calling raid5_quiesce():\n\n  raid5_quiesce(mddev, true);\n  raid5_quiesce(mddev, false);\n\nsince mddev->private is assigned to conf again in raid5_quiesce(), and conf\nis dereferenced in several places, for example:\n\n  conf->quiesce = 0;\n  wake_up(&conf->wait_for_quiescent);\n\nTo fix this issue, the function should unlock mddev and return before\ninvoking raid5_quiesce() when conf is NULL, following the existing pattern\nin raid5_change_consistency_policy().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20597b7229aea8b5bc45cd92097640257c7fc33b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ad6ef91d8745d04aff9cce7bdbc6320d8e05fe9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5abb6af905de6b2fead8a0b3f32ab0b81468a01"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:19:41.481987139+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-71135","score":0.00176,"percentile":0.07057,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}