Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-71084

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/cm: Fix leaking the multicast GID table reference If the CM ID is destroyed while the CM event for multicast creating is still queued the cancel_work_sync() will prevent the work from running which also prevents destroying the ah_attr. This leaks a refcount and triggers a WARN: GID entry ref leak for dev syz1 index 2 ref=573 WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 655 at drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c:809 release_gid_table drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c:806 [inline] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 655 at drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c:809 gid_table_release_one+0x284/0x3cc drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c:886 Destroy the ah_attr after canceling the work, it is safe to call this twice.

EPSS: 0.001 (1.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 6.18.4, 60d613b39e8d0c9f3b526e9c96445422b4562d76, 6.19
  • Linux Linux_kernel — versions 5.12, 6.19

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-71084?
CVE-2025-71084 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2025-71084?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.