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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2025-71102" idYear: 2025 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-01-14T15:05:52.389Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-11T21:54:47.227Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:44.935Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-71102" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-71102.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-71102" title: "scs: fix a wrong parameter in __scs_magic" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscs: fix a wrong parameter in __scs_magic\n\n__scs_magic() needs a 'void *' variable, but a 'struct task_struct *' is\ngiven. 'task_scs(tsk)' is the starting address of the task's shadow call\nstack, and '__scs_magic(task_scs(tsk))' is the end address of the task's\nshadow call stack. Here should be '__scs_magic(task_scs(tsk))'.\n\nThe user-visible effect of this bug is that when CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE\nis enabled, the shadow call stack usage checking function\n(scs_check_usage) would scan an incorrect memory range. This could lead\n\n1. **Inaccurate stack usage reporting**: The function would calculate\n wrong usage statistics for the shadow call stack, potentially showing\n incorrect value in kmsg.\n\n2. **Potential kernel crash**: If the value of __scs_magic(tsk)is\n greater than that of __scs_magic(task_scs(tsk)), the for loop may\n access unmapped memory, potentially causing a kernel panic. However,\n this scenario is unlikely because task_struct is allocated via the slab\n allocator (which typically returns lower addresses), while the shadow\n call stack returned by task_scs(tsk) is allocated via vmalloc(which\n typically returns higher addresses).\n\nHowever, since this is purely a debugging feature\n(CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE), normal production systems should be not\nunaffected. The bug only impacts developers and testers who are actively\ndebugging stack usage with this configuration enabled." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"5bbaf9d1fcb9be696ee9a61636ab6803556c70f2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1727e8bd69103a68963a5613a0ddb6d8d37df5d3"},{"version":"5bbaf9d1fcb9be696ee9a61636ab6803556c70f2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"cfdf6250b63b953b1d8e60814c8ca96c6f9d1c8c"},{"version":"5bbaf9d1fcb9be696ee9a61636ab6803556c70f2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"57ba40b001be27786d0570dd292289df748b306b"},{"version":"5bbaf9d1fcb9be696ee9a61636ab6803556c70f2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"062774439d442882b44f5eab8c256ad3423ef284"},{"version":"5bbaf9d1fcb9be696ee9a61636ab6803556c70f2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9ef28943471a16e4f9646bc3e8e2de148e7d8d7b"},{"version":"5bbaf9d1fcb9be696ee9a61636ab6803556c70f2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a19fb3611e4c06624fc0f83ef19f4fb8d57d4751"},{"version":"5bbaf9d1fcb9be696ee9a61636ab6803556c70f2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"08bd4c46d5e63b78e77f2605283874bbe868ab19"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.8","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.8"},{"version":"5.10.248","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.198","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.160","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.120","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.64","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"6.19","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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