Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-71142)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-71142). 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:
cpuset: fix warning when disabling remote partition
A warning was triggered as follows:
WARNING: kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c:1651 at remote_partition_disable+0xf7/0x110
RIP: 0010:remote_partition_disable+0xf7/0x110
RSP: 0018:ffffc90001947d88 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 0000000000007fff RBX: ffff888103b6e000 RCX: 0000000000006f40
RDX: 0000000000006f00 RSI: ffffc90001947da8 RDI: ffff888103b6e000
RBP: ffff888103b6e000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffff88810b2e2728 R12: ffffc90001947da8
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffc90001947da8 R15: ffff8881081f1c00
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f55c8bbe0b2 CR3: 000000010b14c000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
Call Trace:
update_prstate+0x2d3/0x580
cpuset_partition_write+0x94/0xf0
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x147/0x200
vfs_write+0x35d/0x500
ksys_write+0x66/0xe0
do_syscall_64+0x6b/0x390
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
RIP: 0033:0x7f55c8cd4887
Reproduction steps (on a 16-CPU machine):
# cd /sys/fs/cgroup/
# mkdir A1
# echo +cpuset > A1/cgroup.subtree_control
# echo "0-14" > A1/cpuset.cpus.exclusive
# mkdir A1/A2
# echo "0-14" > A1/A2/cpuset.cpus.exclusive
# echo "root" > A1/A2/cpuset.cpus.partition
# echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu15/online
# echo member > A1/A2/cpuset.cpus.partition
When CPU 15 is offlined, subpartitions_cpus gets clea…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-71142 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2025-71142" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-71142 (Linux kernel) — CVSS v3 5.5
Attack vector: local / 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 (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). 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。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2025-71142 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.18.35-r1
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71142 linux Fixed in: 6.18.5-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71142 linux-hwe-edge
References
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com