Access of Uninitialized Pointer Affecting perf package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-PERF-18544596
  • published5 Aug 2026
  • disclosed6 May 2026

Introduced: 6 May 2026

CVE-2025-71294  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-824  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 perf.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf package and not the perf package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

drm/amdgpu: fix NULL pointer issue buffer funcs

If SDMA block not enabled, buffer_funcs will not initialize, fix the null pointer issue if buffer_funcs not initialized.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1