Out-of-Bounds Read in Kernel (CVE-2025-71116)
Summary
Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2025-71116). Confidential information can be exposed externally. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.10.248, 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.64, 6.18.3 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
libceph: make decode_pool() more resilient against corrupted osdmaps
If the osdmap is (maliciously) corrupted such that the encoded length
of ceph_pg_pool envelope is less than what is expected for a particular
encoding version, out-of-bounds reads may ensue because the only bounds
check that is there is based on that length value.
This patch adds explicit bounds checks for each field that is decoded
or skipped.
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-71116 has been found in Kernel.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 9.1/10.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.10.248, 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.64, 6.18.3 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2025-71116" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-71116 (Kernel) — CWE-125 / CVSS v3 9.1
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 5.10.248, 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.64, 6.18.3 — apply immediately
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.
Out-of-bounds read (CWE-125) exists in Kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kernel.
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.1/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to 5.10.248, 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.64, 6.18.3.
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. Run grep -r 'Kernel' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) 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
grep -r 'Kernel' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Kernelを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade Kernel to 5.10.248, 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.64, 6.18.3ステージング環境で 5.10.248, 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.64, 6.18.3 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-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-2025-71116 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.1.161-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71116 linux Fixed in: 5.10.249-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71116 linux
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org