What is CVE-2025-22071?

CVE-2025-22071 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a Memory Leak flaw (CWE-401), affecting Linux kernel versions from 2.6.25 onward and patched in 5.4.292, 5.10.236, 5.15.180 and others. CVE-2025-22071 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-22071?

CVE-2025-22071 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-22071?

Yes, CVE-2025-22071 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.292, 5.10.236, 5.15.180 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.25 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-22071 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-22071 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Memory Leak (CWE-401)?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/401.html

CVE-2025-22071

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spufs: fix a leak in spufs_create_context() Leak fixes back in 2008 missed one case - if we are trying to set affinity and spufs_mkdir() fails, we need to drop the reference to neighbor.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-04-16

Last modified 2025-11-03

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-401

CVE-2025-22071 is a Memory Leak vulnerability

What is Memory Leak?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. Learn more on MITRE CWE

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 2.6.25 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.4.292, 5.10.236, 5.15.180, 6.1.134, 6.6.87, 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2, 6.15 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 2.6.25

Fixed in

✓ 5.4.292 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.236 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.180 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.134 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.87 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.23 6.12.x ✓ 6.13.11 6.13.x ✓ 6.14.2 6.14.x ✓ 6.15

References

10 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f5cce3fc55b08ee4da3372baccf4bcd36a98396

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/239ea3c34673b3244a499fd65771c47e5bffcbb0

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/410c787d89c92df4215d7b1a338e2c1a8aba6b9b

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a7448c83e117ed68597952ecaede1cebc4427a7

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a90b699844a5bb96961e5892e51cc59255444a3

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-22071

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-04-16

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-22071?

CVE-2025-22071 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as a Memory Leak flaw (CWE-401) . It affects Linux kernel versions from 2.6.25 onward and has been patched in 5.4.292, 5.10.236, 5.15.180 and others. CVE-2025-22071 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-22071?

CVE-2025-22071 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-22071?

Yes. CVE-2025-22071 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.292, 5.10.236, 5.15.180 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.25 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-22071 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2025-22071 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.