What is CVE-2025-71298?

CVE-2025-71298 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-05-08.

How severe is CVE-2025-71298?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-71298

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/tests: shmem: Hold reservation lock around madvise Acquire and release the GEM object's reservation lock around calls to the object's madvide operation. The tests us…

EPSS: 0.000 (2.2th 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 954907f7147dc43e0d1cd4d430c21d143d5fdf55, 6.16, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-71298?: CVE-2025-71298 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-05-08.
How severe is CVE-2025-71298?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.