# CVE-2025-71308: accel/amdxdna: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in context cleanup

> A NULL pointer dereference in the AMD XDNA accelerator driver can cause a kernel crash during context cleanup errors.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 27 May 2026
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-71308, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71308, GHSA-m32w-q6hx-h7w8, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71308

## What is CVE-2025-71308?

CVE-2025-71308 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:

accel/amdxdna: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in context cleanup

aie_destroy_context() is invoked during error handling in
aie2_create_context(). However, aie_destroy_context() assumes that the
context's mailbox channel pointer is non-NULL. If mailbox channel
creation fails, the pointer remains NULL and calling aie_destroy_context()
can lead to a NULL pointer dereference.

In aie2_create_context(), replace aie_destroy_context() with a function
which request firmware to remove the context created previously.

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-71308?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-71308?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-71308 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-71308 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-71308 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-71308 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-71308 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-71308/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-71308/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-71308
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71308
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-71308

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-71308/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.