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

CVE-2025-71301

CVE-2025-71301

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/tests: shmem: Hold reservation lock around vmap/vunmap

Acquire and release the GEM object's reservation lock around vmap and vunmap operations. The tests use vmap_locked, which led to errors such as show below.

[ 122.292030] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1413 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c:390 drm_gem_shmem_vmap_locked+0x3a3/0x6f0

[ 122.468066] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1413 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c:293 drm_gem_shmem_pin_locked+0x1fe/0x350

[ 122.563504] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1413 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c:234 drm_gem_shmem_get_pages_locked+0x23c/0x370

[ 122.662248] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 1413 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c:452 drm_gem_shmem_vunmap_locked+0x101/0x330

Only export the new vmap/vunmap helpers for Kunit tests. These are not interfaces for regular drivers.

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

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