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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2025-71304" idYear: 2025 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-05-27T12:14:53.289Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-27T12:14:53.289Z" 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-2025-71304" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-71304.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-71304" title: "smack: /smack/doi: accept previously used values" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmack: /smack/doi: accept previously used values\n\nWriting to /smack/doi a value that has ever been\nwritten there in the past disables networking for\nnon-ambient labels.\nE.g.\n\n # cat /smack/doi\n 3\n # netlabelctl -p cipso list\n Configured CIPSO mappings (1)\n DOI value : 3\n mapping type : PASS_THROUGH\n # netlabelctl -p map list\n Configured NetLabel domain mappings (3)\n domain: \"_\" (IPv4)\n protocol: UNLABELED\n domain: DEFAULT (IPv4)\n protocol: CIPSO, DOI = 3\n domain: DEFAULT (IPv6)\n protocol: UNLABELED\n\n # cat /smack/ambient\n _\n # cat /proc/$$/attr/smack/current\n _\n # ping -c1 10.1.95.12\n 64 bytes from 10.1.95.12: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.964 ms\n # echo foo \u003e/proc/$$/attr/smack/current\n # ping -c1 10.1.95.12\n 64 bytes from 10.1.95.12: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.956 ms\n unknown option 86\n\n # echo 4 \u003e/smack/doi\n # echo 3 \u003e/smack/doi\n!\u003e [ 214.050395] smk_cipso_doi:691 cipso add rc = -17\n # echo 3 \u003e/smack/doi\n!\u003e [ 249.402261] smk_cipso_doi:678 remove rc = -2\n!\u003e [ 249.402261] smk_cipso_doi:691 cipso add rc = -17\n\n # ping -c1 10.1.95.12\n!!\u003e ping: 10.1.95.12: Address family for hostname not supported\n\n # echo _ \u003e/proc/$$/attr/smack/current\n # ping -c1 10.1.95.12\n 64 bytes from 10.1.95.12: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.617 ms\n\nThis happens because Smack keeps decommissioned DOIs,\nfails to re-add them, and consequently refuses to add\nthe “default” domain map:\n\n # netlabelctl -p cipso list\n Configured CIPSO mappings (2)\n DOI value : 3\n mapping type : PASS_THROUGH\n DOI value : 4\n mapping type : PASS_THROUGH\n # netlabelctl -p map list\n Configured NetLabel domain mappings (2)\n domain: \"_\" (IPv4)\n protocol: UNLABELED\n!\u003e (no ipv4 map for default domain here)\n domain: DEFAULT (IPv6)\n protocol: UNLABELED\n\nFix by clearing decommissioned DOI definitions and\nserializing concurrent DOI updates with a new lock.\n\nAlso:\n- allow /smack/doi to live unconfigured, since\n adding a map (netlbl_cfg_cipsov4_map_add) may fail.\n CIPSO_V4_DOI_UNKNOWN(0) indicates the unconfigured DOI\n- add new DOI before removing the old default map,\n so the old map remains if the add fails\n\n(2008-02-04, Casey Schaufler)" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"e114e473771c848c3cfec05f0123e70f1cdbdc99","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"eb718a3c8181ada679340db34cd61bce48e44749"},{"version":"e114e473771c848c3cfec05f0123e70f1cdbdc99","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6ec091c5c7eeabd249a7c46813cad1e9f555f859"},{"version":"e114e473771c848c3cfec05f0123e70f1cdbdc99","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"199452f22d2f74b897fe826f81ec402b0a8461a0"},{"version":"e114e473771c848c3cfec05f0123e70f1cdbdc99","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1c7ee23dfcd18d80770d8f90f2ab5bb1b2bfd8a3"},{"version":"e114e473771c848c3cfec05f0123e70f1cdbdc99","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f8071500177f38cff38892bd85ac631cc6e010b2"},{"version":"e114e473771c848c3cfec05f0123e70f1cdbdc99","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"5a247a84de0ba44edbbd6be851c8a6b2aa60ff85"},{"version":"e114e473771c848c3cfec05f0123e70f1cdbdc99","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8beebb8ad9a003f978e53b06237986588223e15e"},{"version":"e114e473771c848c3cfec05f0123e70f1cdbdc99","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"33d589ed60ae433b483761987b85e0d24e54584e"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.6.25","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"2.6.25"},{"version":"5.10.252","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.202","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.165","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.128","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.75","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.14","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"6.19.4","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*"},{"version":"7.0","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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