Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-71228
Published: February 19, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU123057
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-71228
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the cpu_cache_init() function in arch/loongarch/mm/cache.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Linux kernel
Debian Linux
linux (Debian package)
Debian Linux
linux (Debian package)
How to mitigate CVE-2025-71228
Install update from vendor's repository.
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.73-1
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/046303283d02c9732a778ccdeea433a899c78cbd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/380d7c1af4bd3e797692f5410ab374a98e766cd4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fbdf95d2575ec53fd4a5c18e789b4d54a0281fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9531210f348aa78e260a9e5b0d1a6f7e7aa329e6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5be446948b379f1d1a8e7bc6656d13f44c5c7b1