🛡️ CVE-2025-71289 on Ubuntu — linux

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2025-71289 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package linux. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: None.
• Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71289 is recorded against 158 packages.

• linux
• linux-allwinner-5.19
• linux-aws
• linux-aws-5.0
• linux-aws-5.11
• linux-aws-5.13
• linux-aws-5.15
• linux-aws-5.19
• linux-aws-5.3
• linux-aws-5.4
• linux-aws-5.8
• linux-aws-6.14
• linux-aws-6.17
• linux-aws-6.2
• linux-aws-6.5
• linux-aws-6.8
• linux-aws-fips
• linux-aws-hwe
• linux-azure
• linux-azure-4.15
• linux-azure-5.11
• linux-azure-5.13
• linux-azure-5.15
• linux-azure-5.19

Timeline and source

Published on 6 May 2026 and last revised on 19 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
git.kernel.org (Report)

Other advisories for this package

linux has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4994 (published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-35233 (4.4 Medium, published 1 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-21996 (3.3 Low, published 1 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-21991 (5.5 Medium, published 16 Mar 2026)
• CGA-mcwh-q4vm-9f29 (published 29 Jan 2026)
• CGA-w6xv-3fg4-grm5 (published 29 Jan 2026)
• CGA-q945-42pm-prx5 (published 7 Jan 2026)
• CGA-3m96-cwq8-6xmx (published 7 Jan 2026)

CVE-2025-71289 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Affected Packages

References