Improper Resource Locking The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package kernel6.18-libbpf (opens in a new tab)
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- published18 May 2026
- disclosed8 May 2026
Introduced: 8 May 2026
NewCVE-2025-71301 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Amazon-Linux security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Amazon-Linux:2023.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel6.18-libbpf package and not the kernel6.18-libbpf package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/tests: shmem: Hold reservation lock around vmap/vunmap
Acquire and release the GEM object's reservation lock around vmap and vunmap operations. The tests use vmap_locked, which led to errors such as show below.
[ 122.292030] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1413 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c:390 drm_gem_shmem_vmap_locked+0x3a3/0x6f0
[ 122.468066] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1413 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c:293 drm_gem_shmem_pin_locked+0x1fe/0x350
[ 122.563504] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1413 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c:234 drm_gem_shmem_get_pages_locked+0x23c/0x370
[ 122.662248] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 1413 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c:452 drm_gem_shmem_vunmap_locked+0x101/0x330
Only export the new vmap/vunmap helpers for Kunit tests. These are not interfaces for regular drivers.