Answer in brief
CVE-2025-71296 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in drm/tests: shmem: Hold reservation lock around purge. 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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CVSS is 5.5. 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.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=954907f7147dc43e0d1cd4d430c21d143d5fdf55 <cdf8bbbd9017adcfb91ad9a902198d4b507719a9 || >=954907f7147dc43e0d1cd4d430c21d143d5fdf55 <8baeee2c1c0cdb3a8eac3b8f38156cce6ee1a69f || >=954907f7147dc43e0d1cd4d430c21d143d5fdf55 <3f41307d589c2f25d556d47b165df808124cd0c4 | cdf8bbbd9017adcfb91ad9a902198d4b507719a9, 8baeee2c1c0cdb3a8eac3b8f38156cce6ee1a69f, 3f41307d589c2f25d556d47b165df808124cd0c4 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.16 | Not reported |
Published upstream
May 8, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Oct 22, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/tests: shmem: Hold reservation lock around purge Acquire and release the GEM object's reservation lock around calls to the object's purge operation. The tests use drm_gem_shmem_purge_locked(), which led to errors such as show below. [ 58.709128] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1354 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c:515 drm_gem_shmem_purge_locked+0x51c/0x740 Only export the new helper drm_gem_shmem_purge() for Kunit tests. This is not an interface for regular drivers.
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