What is CVE-2025-71092?

CVE-2025-71092 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2025-71092?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Linux

CVE-2025-71092

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/bnxt_re: Fix OOB write in bnxt_re_copy_err_stats() Commit ef56081d1864 ("RDMA/bnxt_re: RoCE related hardware counters update") added three new counters and placed t…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.001 (1.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions ef56081d1864582a6db50710733416c0510b7826, 6.18, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.18, 6.19

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-71092?: CVE-2025-71092 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2025-71092?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.