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CVE-2025-71298: drm/tests: shmem: Hold reservation lock around madvise

• 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 madvise Acquire and release the GEM object's reservation lock around calls to the object's madvide operation. The tests use drm_gem_shmem_madvise_locked(), which led to errors such as show below. [ 58.339389] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1352 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c:499 drm_gem_shmem_madvise_locked+0xde/0x140 Only export the new helper drm_gem_shmem_madvise() 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/07cfcab370da06f26c273306571cbb0bfa3b9c52
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/607d07d8cc0b835a8701259f08a03dc149b79b4f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cc77691b5fd615625955cedf726da57543088f1

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