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CVE-2025-71298
Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/tests: shmem: Hold reservation lock around madvise

Acquire and release the GEM object's reservation lock around calls
to the object's madvide operation. The tests use
drm_gem_shmem_madvise_locked(), which led to errors such as show below.

[ 58.339389] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1352 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c:499 drm_gem_shmem_madvise_locked+0xde/0x140

Only export the new helper drm_gem_shmem_madvise() for Kunit tests.
This is not an interface for regular drivers.

Publication Date May 8, 2026, 11:16 p.m.
Registration Date May 9, 2026, 4:12 a.m.
Last Update May 8, 2026, 11:16 p.m.
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