{"cve":"CVE-2025-71132","nvd":{"published":"2026-01-14T15:16:02.947","modified":"2026-10-19T19:17:15.070","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmc91x: fix broken irq-context in PREEMPT_RT\n\nWhen smc91x.c is built with PREEMPT_RT, the following splat occurs\nin FVP_RevC:\n\n[   13.055000] smc91x LNRO0003:00 eth0: link up, 10Mbps, half-duplex, lpa 0x0000\n[   13.062137] BUG: workqueue leaked atomic, lock or RCU: kworker/2:1[106]\n[   13.062137]      preempt=0x00000000 lock=0->0 RCU=0->1 workfn=mld_ifc_work\n[   13.062266] C\n** replaying previous printk message **\n[   13.062266] CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 106 Comm: kworker/2:1 Not tainted 6.18.0-dirty #179 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)}\n[   13.062353] Hardware name:  , BIOS\n[   13.062382] Workqueue: mld mld_ifc_work\n[   13.062469] Call trace:\n[   13.062494]  show_stack+0x24/0x40 (C)\n[   13.062602]  __dump_stack+0x28/0x48\n[   13.062710]  dump_stack_lvl+0x7c/0xb0\n[   13.062818]  dump_stack+0x18/0x34\n[   13.062926]  process_scheduled_works+0x294/0x450\n[   13.063043]  worker_thread+0x260/0x3d8\n[   13.063124]  kthread+0x1c4/0x228\n[   13.063235]  ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n\nThis happens because smc_special_trylock() disables IRQs even on PREEMPT_RT,\nbut smc_special_unlock() does not restore IRQs on PREEMPT_RT.\nThe reason is that smc_special_unlock() calls spin_unlock_irqrestore(),\nand rcu_read_unlock_bh() in __dev_queue_xmit() cannot invoke\nrcu_read_unlock() through __local_bh_enable_ip() when current->softirq_disable_cnt becomes zero.\n\nTo address this issue, replace smc_special_trylock() with spin_trylock_irqsave().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-667"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c4cb705e733250d13243f6a69b8b5a92e39b9f6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36561b86cb2501647662cfaf91286dd6973804a6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6402078bd9d1ed46e79465e1faaa42e3458f8a33","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d222141b00156509d67d80c771fbefa92c43ace","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6018d5c1a8f09d5efe4d6961d7ee45fdf3a7ce3"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-71132","score":0.00219,"percentile":0.12259,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}