CVE-2025-71203

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: Sanitize syscall table indexing under speculation The syscall number is a user-controlled value used to index into the syscall table. Use array_index_nospec() to clamp this value after the bounds check to prevent speculative out-of-bounds access and subsequent data leakage via cache side channels.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c45848936ebdb4fcab92f8c39510db83c16d0239

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b44e753795107a22ba31495686e83f4aca48f36

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25fd7ee7bf58ac3ec7be3c9f82ceff153451946c

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-02-14

Updated: 2026-02-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: High