{"cve":"CVE-2025-71157","nvd":{"published":"2026-01-23T15:16:06.690","modified":"2026-06-17T10:03:46.670","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRDMA/core: always drop device refcount in ib_del_sub_device_and_put()\n\nSince nldev_deldev() (introduced by commit 060c642b2ab8 (\"RDMA/nldev: Add\nsupport to add/delete a sub IB device through netlink\") grabs a reference\nusing ib_device_get_by_index() before calling ib_del_sub_device_and_put(),\nwe need to drop that reference before returning -EOPNOTSUPP error.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20436f2742a92b7afeb2504eb559a98d2196b001","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa3c411d21ebc26ffd175c7256c37cefa35020aa","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe8d456080423b9ed410469fbd1e2098d3acce2b"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:21:16.563232421+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-71157","score":0.00142,"percentile":0.035,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}