CVE-2025-71296 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2025-71296

drm/tests: shmem: Hold reservation lock around purge

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
954907f7147dc43e0d1cd4d430c21d143d5fdf55, 6.16, 0, 6.18.16, 6.19.6, 7.0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 8th, 2026
Last Modified: May 11th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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