PT-2026-38923 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2026-05-08 · Updated 2026-05-15 · CVE-2025-71298

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description An issue exists in the Linux kernel where the GEM object's reservation lock was not held during calls to the object's madvise operation. This lack of locking in the drm gem shmem madvise locked() function could lead to system warnings and errors.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-71298

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71298 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07cfcab370da06f26c273306571cbb0bfa3b9c52 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-71298 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71298 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71298 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cc77691b5fd615625955cedf726da57543088f1 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/607d07d8cc0b835a8701259f08a03dc149b79b4f · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-71298 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-71298 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2053174666055819699 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/hetmehtaa/status/2055151398283837677 · Twitter Post
• https://git.kernel.org/linus/607d07d8cc0b835a8701259f08a03dc149b79b4f · Note