What is CVE-2025-71222?

CVE-2025-71222 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 2.6.32 onward and patched in 5.10.250, 5.15.200, 6.1.163 and others. CVE-2025-71222 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-71222?

CVE-2025-71222 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-2025-71222?

Yes, CVE-2025-71222 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.250, 5.15.200, 6.1.163 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.32 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-71222 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-71222 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-71222

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wlcore: ensure skb headroom before skb_push This avoids occasional skb_under_panic Oops from wl1271_tx_work. In this case, headroom is less than needed (typically 110 - 94 = 16 bytes).

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2026-02-14

Last modified 2026-03-19

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 2.6.32 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.250, 5.15.200, 6.1.163, 6.6.124, 6.12.70, 6.18.10, 6.19 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 2.6.32

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.250 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.200 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.163 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.124 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.70 6.12.x ✓ 6.18.10 6.18.x ✓ 6.19

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-71222 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/689a7980e4788e13e766763d53569fb78dea2513
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71de0b6e04bbee5575caf9a1e4d424e7dcc50018
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/745a0810dbc96a0471e5f5e627ba1e978c3116d4
Patch

7 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-71222

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2026-02-14

Modified 2026-03-19

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-71222?

CVE-2025-71222 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 2.6.32 onward and has been patched in 5.10.250, 5.15.200, 6.1.163 and others. CVE-2025-71222 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-71222?

CVE-2025-71222 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-2025-71222?

Yes — CVE-2025-71222 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.250, 5.15.200, 6.1.163 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.32 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-71222 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-71222 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.