What is CVE-2025-71090?

CVE-2025-71090 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2025-71090?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-71090

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: fix nfsd_file reference leak in nfsd4_add_rdaccess_to_wrdeleg() nfsd4_add_rdaccess_to_wrdeleg() unconditionally overwrites fp->fi_fds[O_RDONLY] with a newly acquir…

EPSS: 0.001 (1.1th 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 e7a8ebc305f26cab608e59a916a4ae89d6656c5f, 6.17, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.17, 6.19

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-71090?: CVE-2025-71090 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2025-71090?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.