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CVE-2025-71072: linux kernel 6.6; +1 more affected products
CVE-2025-71072. CVSS 3.1 base score 5.5 (MEDIUM, NVD). EPSS 0.00288 (percentile 0.20084), scored 20-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
linux kernel · from 6.6.1 (inclusive), before 6.12.64 (exclusive)
linux
linux kernel · from 6.13 (inclusive), before 6.18.3 (exclusive)
linux
linux kernel · 6.6
linux
linux kernel · 6.19 · update rc1
linux
linux kernel · 6.19 · update rc2
linux
linux kernel · 6.19 · update rc3
linux
linux kernel · 6.19 · update rc4
linux
linux kernel · 6.19 · update rc5
linux
linux kernel · 6.19 · update rc6
linux
linux kernel · 6.19 · update rc7
linux
linux kernel · 6.19 · update rc8
linux
Linux · a2e459555c5f9da3e619b7e47a63f98574dc75f1 to before 8fdbc6f9a994eb327868a4aa74a58953f31a2d0f, a2e459555c5f9da3e619b7e47a63f98574dc75f1 to before 4b0fe71fb3965d0db83cdfc2f4fe0b3227d70113, a2e459555c5f9da3e619b7e47a63f98574dc75f1 to before 4642686699a46718d7f2fb5acd1e9d866a9d9cca, a2e459555c5f9da3e619b7e47a63f98574dc75f1 to before e1b4c6a58304fd490124cc2b454d80edc786665c
Linux
Linux · 6.6
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: fs/libfs.c, include/linux/fs.h, mm/shmem.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Network (remote) · No privileges required · No user interaction required
Attack conditions (NVD, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 8.2/10) rates confidentiality impact as none; integrity impact as low; availability impact as high. NVD’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 5.5/10) rates confidentiality and integrity impact as none; availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 22.1 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H · NVD
- EPSS
- 0.00288 · percentile 0.20084 · 2026-10-20
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- GitHub Advisory Database · Source record · observed 2026-10-21 16:14:50.830645+00:00 UTC
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-21 16:09:05.633125+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2025-71072.html