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drm/tests: shmem: Hold reservation lock around madvise

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.18.16, 6.19.6
CVEs
CVE-2025-71298
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
2 Nov 2026, 21:48 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

drm/tests: shmem: Hold reservation lock around madvise

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 May 2026, 13:11 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2025-71298

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.18.16, 6.19.6

Complete source record
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