CVE-2025-71313

Name	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.257-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.170-3	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.174-1	vulnerable
	trixie	6.12.86-1	vulnerable
	trixie (security)	6.12.94-1	vulnerable
	forky	7.0.12-2	fixed
	sid	7.0.13-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
linux	source	bullseye	(not affected)
linux	source	(unstable)	6.19.6-1

[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/03f336a869b3a3f119d3ae52ac9723739c7fb7b6 (7.0-rc1)