CVE-2025-71137: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-pf: fix "UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds error" This patch ensures that the RX ring size (rx_pending) is not set below the permitted length. This avoids UBSAN shift-out-of-bounds errors when users passes small or zero ring sizes via ethtool -G.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.6.1, before 5.10.248 (fixed in 5.10.248); from 5.11, before 5.15.198 (fixed in 5.15.198); from 5.16, before 6.1.160 (fixed in 6.1.160); from 6.2, before 6.6.120 (fixed in 6.6.120); from 6.7, before 6.12.64 (fixed in 6.12.64); from 6.13, before 6.18.4 (fixed in 6.18.4); …

Published 2026-01-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.