Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-71095
Published: January 13, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU121313
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-71095
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition within the MODULE_PARM_DESC(), stmmac_xdp_get_tx_queue(), stmmac_xdp_xmit_back() and stmmac_rx_zc() functions in drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-71095
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f7823219407f2f18044c2b72366a48810c5c821
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45ee0462b88396a0bd1df1991f801c89994ea72b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d0ceb7677e1c4616afb96abb4518f70b65abb0d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e5988736a95b1de7f91b10ac2575454b70e4897
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a48e232210009be50591fdea8ba7c07b0f566a13