What is CVE-2025-71119?

CVE-2025-71119 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-01-14.

How severe is CVE-2025-71119?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-71119

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/kexec: Enable SMT before waking offline CPUs If SMT is disabled or a partial SMT state is enabled, when a new kernel image is loaded for kexec, on reboot the fol…

EPSS: 0.001 (2.3th 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 6.18.3, 6.19, 6.12.64
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.6, 6.19

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-71119?: CVE-2025-71119 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-01-14.
How severe is CVE-2025-71119?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.