CVE-2025-71298

Medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/tests: shmem: Hold reservation lock around madvise Acquire and release the GEM object's reservation lock around calls to the object's madvide operation. The tests use drm_gem_shmem_madvise_locked(), which led to errors such as show below. [ 58.339389] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1352 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c:499 drm_gem_shmem_madvise_locked+0xde/0x140 Only export the new helper drm_gem_shmem_madvise() for Kunit tests. This is not an interface for regular drivers.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedMay 8, 2026
First seenMay 8, 2026

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel6.16 ≤ v < 6.18.16, 6.19 ≤ v < 6.19.66.18.16, 6.19.6

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CVE-2025-71298 · Linux Kernel · Dark Radar