What is CVE-2025-71074?

CVE-2025-71074 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2026-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2025-71074?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-71074

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: functionfs: fix the open/removal races ffs_epfile_open() can race with removal, ending up with file->private_data pointing to freed object. There is a total count of op…

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.001 (0.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions ddf8abd2599491cbad959c700b90ba72a5dce8d0, 2.6.35, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 2.6.35, 6.19

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-71074?: CVE-2025-71074 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2026-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2025-71074?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.