CVE-2025-71296EPSS p1.7%
CVE-2025-71296CVE-2025-71296
linux / linux_kernel
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.5 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.12% probability of exploitation · percentile 1.7% · 2026-10-17T12:00:28Z |
| Last modified | 2026-10-14 |