Answer in brief
CVE-2025-71157 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in RDMA/core: always drop device refcount in ib_del_sub_device_and_put(). The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=bca51197620a257e2954be99b16f05115c3b2630 <20436f2742a92b7afeb2504eb559a98d2196b001 || >=bca51197620a257e2954be99b16f05115c3b2630 <fe8d456080423b9ed410469fbd1e2098d3acce2b || >=bca51197620a257e2954be99b16f05115c3b2630 <fa3c411d21ebc26ffd175c7256c37cefa35020aa | 20436f2742a92b7afeb2504eb559a98d2196b001, fe8d456080423b9ed410469fbd1e2098d3acce2b, fa3c411d21ebc26ffd175c7256c37cefa35020aa |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.11 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Jan 23, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Nov 5, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/core: always drop device refcount in ib_del_sub_device_and_put() Since nldev_deldev() (introduced by commit 060c642b2ab8 ("RDMA/nldev: Add support to add/delete a sub IB device through netlink") grabs a reference using ib_device_get_by_index() before calling ib_del_sub_device_and_put(), we need to drop that reference before returning -EOPNOTSUPP error.
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