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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 8, 2026· Updated May 14, 2026

CVE-2025-71296

CVE-2025-71296

Description

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.

Affected products

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  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: >=6.16,<6.18.16

Patches

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