Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-71100)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-71100). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: rtlwifi: 8192cu: fix tid out of range in rtl92cu_tx_fill_desc()
TID getting from ieee80211_get_tid() might be out of range of array size
of sta_entry->tids[], so check TID is less than MAX_TID_COUNT. Othwerwise,
UBSAN warn:
UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/trx.c:514:30
index 10 is out of range for type 'rtl_tid_data [9]'
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-71100 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.6/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2025-71100" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-71100 (Linux kernel) — CWE-129 / CVSS v3 7.6
Attack vector: adjacent-network / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-129) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.6/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2025-71100 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.12.65-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71100 linux Fixed in: 6.12.69-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71100 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org