{"cve":"CVE-2025-71181","nvd":{"published":"2026-01-31T12:16:03.353","modified":"2026-06-17T10:03:50.223","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nrust_binder: remove spin_lock() in rust_shrink_free_page()\n\nWhen forward-porting Rust Binder to 6.18, I neglected to take commit\nfb56fdf8b9a2 (\"mm/list_lru: split the lock to per-cgroup scope\") into\naccount, and apparently I did not end up running the shrinker callback\nwhen I sanity tested the driver before submission. This leads to crashes\nlike the following:\n\n\t============================================\n\tWARNING: possible recursive locking detected\n\t6.18.0-mainline-maybe-dirty #1 Tainted: G          IO\n\t--------------------------------------------\n\tkswapd0/68 is trying to acquire lock:\n\tffff956000fa18b0 (&l->lock){+.+.}-{2:2}, at: lock_list_lru_of_memcg+0x128/0x230\n\n\tbut task is already holding lock:\n\tffff956000fa18b0 (&l->lock){+.+.}-{2:2}, at: rust_helper_spin_lock+0xd/0x20\n\n\tother info that might help us debug this:\n\t Possible unsafe locking scenario:\n\n\t       CPU0\n\t       ----\n\t  lock(&l->lock);\n\t  lock(&l->lock);\n\n\t *** DEADLOCK ***\n\n\t May be due to missing lock nesting notation\n\n\t3 locks held by kswapd0/68:\n\t #0: ffffffff90d2e260 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: kswapd+0x597/0x1160\n\t #1: ffff956000fa18b0 (&l->lock){+.+.}-{2:2}, at: rust_helper_spin_lock+0xd/0x20\n\t #2: ffffffff90cf3680 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: lock_list_lru_of_memcg+0x2d/0x230\n\nTo fix this, remove the spin_lock() call from rust_shrink_free_page().","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/30a98c97f7874031f2e1de19c777ce011143cba4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/361e0ff456a8daf9753c18030533256e4133ce7a"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:22:27.261130201+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-71181","score":0.00119,"percentile":0.01762,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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."]}