{"cve":"CVE-2025-71231","nvd":{"published":"2026-02-18T16:22:29.863","modified":"2026-06-17T10:03:55.003","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncrypto: iaa - Fix out-of-bounds index in find_empty_iaa_compression_mode\n\nThe local variable 'i' is initialized with -EINVAL, but the for loop\nimmediately overwrites it and -EINVAL is never returned.\n\nIf no empty compression mode can be found, the function would return the\nout-of-bounds index IAA_COMP_MODES_MAX, which would cause an invalid\narray access in add_iaa_compression_mode().\n\nFix both issues by returning either a valid index or -EINVAL.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","score":7.1},"cwes":["CWE-125"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48329301969f6d21b2ef35f678e40f72b59eac94","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c77b33b58512708bd5603f48465f018c8b748847","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d75207465eed20bc9b0daa4a0927de9568996067","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de16f5bca05cace238d237791ed1b6e9d22dab60"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:23:35.260773158+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-71231","score":0.00137,"percentile":0.03088,"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."]}