CVE-2025-71222 (GCVE-0-2025-71222)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-14 16:27 – Updated: 2026-05-11 21:56
VLAI
Title
wifi: wlcore: ensure skb headroom before skb_push
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wlcore: ensure skb headroom before skb_push This avoids occasional skb_under_panic Oops from wl1271_tx_work. In this case, headroom is less than needed (typically 110 - 94 = 16 bytes).
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Assigner
Linux CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 7018 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: f5fc0f86b02afef1119b523623b4cde41475bc8c , < 88295a55fefe5414e64293638b6f7549646e58ed (git)
Affected: f5fc0f86b02afef1119b523623b4cde41475bc8c , < cd89a4656c03f8db0c57350aaec69cd3cfaa3522 (git)
Affected: f5fc0f86b02afef1119b523623b4cde41475bc8c , < 745a0810dbc96a0471e5f5e627ba1e978c3116d4 (git)
Affected: f5fc0f86b02afef1119b523623b4cde41475bc8c , < b167312390fdd461c81ead516f2b0b44e83a9edb (git)
Affected: f5fc0f86b02afef1119b523623b4cde41475bc8c , < 71de0b6e04bbee5575caf9a1e4d424e7dcc50018 (git)
Affected: f5fc0f86b02afef1119b523623b4cde41475bc8c , < 689a7980e4788e13e766763d53569fb78dea2513 (git)
Affected: f5fc0f86b02afef1119b523623b4cde41475bc8c , < e75665dd096819b1184087ba5718bd93beafff51 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 2.6.32
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.32 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.250 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.200 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.163 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.124 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.70 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.10 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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