What is CVE-2025-71296?

CVE-2025-71296 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.16 onward and patched in 6.18.16, 6.19.6 and 7.0. CVE-2025-71296 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-71296?

CVE-2025-71296 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-2025-71296?

Yes, CVE-2025-71296 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.18.16, 6.19.6 and 7.0. If you are running Linux kernel 6.16 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-71296 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-71296 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-71296

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/tests: shmem: Hold reservation lock around purge Acquire and release the GEM object's reservation lock around calls to the object's purge operation. The tests use drm_gem_shmem_purge_locked(), which led to errors such as show below. [ 58.709128] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1354 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c:515 drm_gem_shmem_purge_locked+0x51c/0x740 Only export the new helper drm_gem_shmem_purge() for Kunit tests. This is not an interface for regular drivers.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2026-05-08

Last modified 2026-05-14

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 6.16 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.18.16, 6.19.6, 7.0 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.16

Fixed in

✓ 6.18.16 6.18.x ✓ 6.19.6 6.19.x ✓ 7.0

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-71296 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/3f41307d589c2f25d556d47b165df808124cd0c4
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8baeee2c1c0cdb3a8eac3b8f38156cce6ee1a69f
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdf8bbbd9017adcfb91ad9a902198d4b507719a9
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-71296

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2026-05-08

Modified 2026-05-14

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-71296?

CVE-2025-71296 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.16 onward and has been patched in 6.18.16, 6.19.6 and 7.0. CVE-2025-71296 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-71296?

CVE-2025-71296 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-2025-71296?

Yes — CVE-2025-71296 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.18.16, 6.19.6 and 7.0. If you are running Linux kernel 6.16 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-71296 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-71296 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.