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CVE-2025-71296: drm/tests: shmem: Hold reservation lock around purge

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-05-08 · updated 2026-10-14

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

• Linux kernel: from 6.16 before 6.18.16; from 6.19 before 6.19.6 — fixed in 6.18.16, 6.19.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.18.16, 6.19.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f41307d589c2f25d556d47b165df808124cd0c4
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8baeee2c1c0cdb3a8eac3b8f38156cce6ee1a69f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdf8bbbd9017adcfb91ad9a902198d4b507719a9

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