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CVE-2025-71123

VendorlinuxProductlinux kernelDiscoveredJan 14, 2026UpdatedJul 14, 2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix string copying in parse_apply_sb_mount_options() strscpy_pad() can't be used to copy a non-NUL-term string into a NUL-term string of possibly bigger size. Commit 0efc5990bca5 ("string.h: Introduce memtostr() and memtostr_pad()") provides additional information in that regard. So if this happens, the following warning is observed: strnlen: detected buffer overflow: 65 byte read of buffer size 64 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 28655 at lib/string_helpers.c:1032 __fortify_report+0x96/0xc0 lib/string_helpers.c:1032 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 28655 Comm: syz-executor.3 Not tainted 6.12.54-syzkaller-00144-g5f0270f1ba00 #0 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014…

CVSS v3.1
7.8 HIGH
EPSS
0.17%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
14
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Oct 22, 2026
▲ 0.02pp
0.15% → 0.17% over 4 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Connections
15 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Jan 14, 2026
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Jul 14, 2026
Apr 16, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8177-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Apr 16, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8179-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Apr 17, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8177-2: Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities
Apr 17, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8183-1: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
Apr 17, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8184-1: Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities
Apr 17, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8179-2: Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities
Apr 17, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8185-1: Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
Apr 28, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8185-2: Linux kernel (Low Latency NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
May 7, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8179-4: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
May 7, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8245-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
May 7, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8257-1: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
May 7, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8258-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
May 7, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8260-1: Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities
May 11, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8265-1: Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra) vulnerabilities