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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-71301
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-71301.html
Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7b7022f11d3cf281c726117478696b83681bf11
Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cda83b099f117f2a28a77bf467af934cb39e49cf
Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b953d92f2f29e74b125617c6f00300fa1bed97e
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 6.19.6-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 6.19.6-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
| linux-kernel | affected | 6.18.16 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b953d92f2f29e74b125617c6f00300fa1bed97e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cda83b099f117f2a28a77bf467af934cb39e49cf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7b7022f11d3cf281c726117478696b83681bf11
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-71301.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-71301
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.