What is CVE-2025-71298?

CVE-2025-71298 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-2025-71298 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-71298?

CVE-2025-71298 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-2025-71298?

Yes, CVE-2025-71298 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-2025-71298 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-71298 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-71298

Medium

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.

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-2025-71298 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/07cfcab370da06f26c273306571cbb0bfa3b9c52
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/607d07d8cc0b835a8701259f08a03dc149b79b4f
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cc77691b5fd615625955cedf726da57543088f1
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-71298

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-2025-71298?

CVE-2025-71298 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-2025-71298 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-71298?

CVE-2025-71298 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-2025-71298?

Yes — CVE-2025-71298 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-2025-71298 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-71298 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.