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CVE-2025-71072
published 2026-01-13

CVE-2025-71072: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: shmem: fix recovery on rename failures maple_tree insertions can fail if we are seriously…

PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.24%
15.2th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: shmem: fix recovery on rename failures maple_tree insertions can fail if we are seriously short on memory; simple_offset_rename() does not recover well if it runs into that. The same goes for simple_offset_rename_exchange(). Moreover, shmem_whiteout() expects that if it succeeds, the caller will progress to d_move(), i.e. that shmem_rename2() won't fail past the successful call of shmem_whiteout(). Not hard to fix, fortunately - mtree_store() can't fail if the index we are trying to store into is already present in the tree as a singleton. For simple_offset_rename_exchange() that's enough - we just need to be careful about the order of operations. For simple_offset_rename() solution is to preinsert the target into the tree for new_dir; the rest can be done without any potentially failing operations. That preinsertion has to be done in shmem_rename2() rather than in simple_offset_rename() itself - otherwise we'd need to deal with the possibility of failure after successful shmem_whiteout().

Affected

49 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.18.3-1 (forky)linux 6.18.3-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= a2e459555c5f9da3e619b7e47a63f98574dc75f1 < 4b0fe71fb3965d0db83cdfc2f4fe0b3227d701134b0fe71fb3965d0db83cdfc2f4fe0b3227d70113
linuxlinux>= a2e459555c5f9da3e619b7e47a63f98574dc75f1 < 4642686699a46718d7f2fb5acd1e9d866a9d9cca4642686699a46718d7f2fb5acd1e9d866a9d9cca
linuxlinux>= a2e459555c5f9da3e619b7e47a63f98574dc75f1 < e1b4c6a58304fd490124cc2b454d80edc786665ce1b4c6a58304fd490124cc2b454d80edc786665c
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.69-16.12.69-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.18.3-16.18.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.18.36.18.3
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13.0 < 6.18.36.18.3
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.6.0 < 6.12.646.12.64
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.6.1 < 6.12.646.12.64
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-aws-6.17
ubuntulinux-aws-fips
ubuntulinux-azure
ubuntulinux-azure-6.17

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu6.4MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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