CVE-2025-71307 drm/panthor: Fix NULL pointer dereference on panthor_fw_unplug

What is CVE-2025-71307?

CVE-2025-71307 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 May 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/panthor: Fix NULL pointer dereference on panthor_fw_unplug

This patch removes the MCU halt and wait for halt procedures during panthor_fw_unplug() as the MCU can be in a variety of states or the FW may not even be loaded/initialized at all, the latter of which can lead to a NULL pointer dereference.

It should be safe on unplug to just disable the MCU without waiting for it to halt as it may not be able to.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-71307?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2025-71307?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2025-71307 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-71307 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-5prx-qm69-p5pq, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71307.