CVE-2025-71072Detection of Error Condition Without Action in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.61%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJan 13
Latest updateApr 17

Description

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, fortunate

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages15 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel6.6.06.12.64+1
NVDlinux/linux_kernel6.6.16.12.64+3
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.12.69-1+1
CVEListV5linux/linuxa2e459555c5f9da3e619b7e47a63f98574dc75f14b0fe71fb3965d0db83cdfc2f4fe0b3227d70113+3
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.18.3-1 (forky)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
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 se2026-01-13
OSV
shmem: fix recovery on rename failures2026-01-13
GHSA
GHSA-2j2j-fmxq-39xm: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: shmem: fix recovery on rename failures maple_tree insertions can fail if we are2026-01-13

📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
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Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities2026-04-17
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities2026-04-17

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2025-71072 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz
CVE-2025-71072 — Linux vulnerability | cvebase