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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-71236

critical Nessus Plugin ID 299449

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - scsi: qla2xxx: Validate sp before freeing associated memory System crash with the following signature [154563.214890] nvme nvme2: NVME-FC{1}: controller connect complete [154564.169363] qla2xxx [0000:b0:00.1]-3002:2: nvme: Sched: Set ZIO exchange threshold to 3. [154564.169405] qla2xxx [0000:b0:00.1]-ffffff:2: SET ZIO Activity exchange threshold to 5. [154565.539974] qla2xxx [0000:b0:00.1]-5013:2: RSCN database changed 0078 0080 0000. [154565.545744] qla2xxx [0000:b0:00.1]-5013:2: RSCN database changed 0078 00a0 0000. [154565.545857] qla2xxx [0000:b0:00.1]-11a2:2: FEC=enabled (data rate). [154565.552760] qla2xxx [0000:b0:00.1]-11a2:2: FEC=enabled (data rate). [154565.553079] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000f8 [154565.553080] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [154565.553082] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not- present page [154565.553084] PGD 80000010488ab067 P4D 80000010488ab067 PUD 104978a067 PMD 0 [154565.553089] Oops: 0000 1 PREEMPT SMP PTI [154565.553092] CPU: 10 PID: 858 Comm: qla2xxx_2_dpc Kdump:
 loaded Tainted: G OE ------- --- 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5.x86_64 #1 [154565.553096] Hardware name: HPE Synergy 660 Gen10/Synergy 660 Gen10 Compute Module, BIOS I43 09/30/2024 [154565.553097] RIP:
 0010:qla_fab_async_scan.part.0+0x40b/0x870 [qla2xxx] [154565.553141] Code: 00 00 e8 58 a3 ec d4 49 89 e9 ba 12 20 00 00 4c 89 e6 49 c7 c0 00 ee a8 c0 48 c7 c1 66 c0 a9 c0 bf 00 80 00 10 e8 15 69 00 00 <4c> 8b 8d f8 00 00 00 4d 85 c9 74 35 49 8b 84 24 00 19 00 00 48 8b [154565.553143] RSP: 0018:ffffb4dbc8aebdd0 EFLAGS: 00010286 [154565.553145] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8ec2cf0908d0 RCX: 0000000000000002 [154565.553147] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffffc0a9c896 RDI: ffffb4dbc8aebd47 [154565.553148] RBP:
 0000000000000000 R08: ffffb4dbc8aebd45 R09: 0000000000ffff0a [154565.553150] R10: 0000000000000000 R11:
 000000000000000f R12: ffff8ec2cf0908d0 [154565.553151] R13: ffff8ec2cf090900 R14: 0000000000000102 R15:
 ffff8ec2cf084000 [154565.553152] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8ed27f800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [154565.553154] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [154565.553155] CR2: 00000000000000f8 CR3: 000000113ae0a005 CR4: 00000000007706f0 [154565.553157] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [154565.553158] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [154565.553159] PKRU: 55555554 [154565.553160] Call Trace: [154565.553162] <TASK> [154565.553165] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df [154565.553172] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df [154565.553177] ? qla_fab_async_scan.part.0+0x40b/0x870 [qla2xxx] [154565.553215] ?
 __die_body.cold+0x8/0xd [154565.553218] ? page_fault_oops+0x134/0x170 [154565.553223] ? snprintf+0x49/0x70 [154565.553229] ? exc_page_fault+0x62/0x150 [154565.553238] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 Check for sp being non NULL before freeing any associated memory (CVE-2025-71236)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-71236

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 299449

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_71236.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 2/18/2026

Updated: 2/18/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-71236

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-71236