CVE-2025-71157 — Improper Update of Reference Count in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.73%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 23
Latest updateApr 17
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/core: always drop device refcount in ib_del_sub_device_and_put()
Since nldev_deldev() (introduced by commit 060c642b2ab8 ("RDMA/nldev: Add
support to add/delete a sub IB device through netlink") grabs a reference
using ib_device_get_by_index() before calling ib_del_sub_device_and_put(),
we need to drop that reference before returning -EOPNOTSUPP error.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages7 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxbca51197620a257e2954be99b16f05115c3b2630 — 20436f2742a92b7afeb2504eb559a98d2196b001+3
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2OSV▶
CVE-2025-71157: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/core: always drop device refcount in ib_del_sub_device_and_put() Since nldev_↗2026-01-23
GHSA▶
GHSA-x8q5-wjrh-hhx7: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/core: always drop device refcount in ib_del_sub_device_and_put()
Since nlde↗2026-01-23
📋Vendor Advisories
5Red Hat
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Debian▶
CVE-2025-71157: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/core: ...↗2025