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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-71152

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: properly keep track of conduit reference Problem description ------------------- DSA has a mumbo-jumbo

Published Jan 23, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 30, 2026 · Linux Linux

Last checked Nov 5, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-71152. EPSS is 0.14%. Act only if a listed version of Linux Linux is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
None0.0
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.14%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Linux Linux 83c0afaec7b730b16c518aecc8e6246ec91b265e <06e219f6a706c367c93051f408ac61417643d2f9

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: properly keep track of conduit reference Problem description ------------------- DSA has a mumbo-jumbo of reference handling of the conduit net device and its kobject which, sadly, is just wrong and doesn't make sense. There are two distinct problems. 1. The OF path, which uses of_find_net_device_by_node(), never releases the elevated refcount on the conduit's kobject. Nominally, the OF and non-OF paths should result in objects having identical reference counts taken, and it is already suspicious that dsa_dev_to_net_

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  • vendor Linux Linux 83c0afaec7b730b16c518aecc8e6246ec91b265e <06e219f6a706c367c93051f408ac61417643d2f983c0afaec7b730b16c518aecc8e6246ec91b265e <06e219f6a706c367c93051f408ac61417643d2f9

How to fix CVE-2025-71152

  • Upgrade

    CVE-2025-71152 lists a fix boundary at 06e219f6a706c367c93051f408ac61417643d2f9. Compare the installed build with that boundary before you change production.

  • Version check

    Seen in 83c0afaec7b730b16c518aecc8e6246ec91b265e <06e219f6a706c367c93051f408ac61417643d2f9

  • Advisory

    Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.

  • Official advisories

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-71152. EPSS is 0.14%. Act only if a listed version of Linux Linux is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Linux Linux 83c0afaec7b730b16c518aecc8e6246ec91b265e <06e219f6a706c367c93051f408ac61417643d2f9 83c0afaec7b730b16c518aecc8e6246ec91b265e <06e219f6a706c367c93051f408ac61417643d2f9. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.14%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jan 23, 2026 · EUVD

    Detected

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: properly keep track of conduit reference Problem description ------------------- DSA has a mumbo-jumbo of reference handling of the conduit net device and its kobject which, sadly, is just wrong and doesn't make sense. There are two distinct problems. 1. The OF path, which uses of_find_net_device_by_node(), never release

  2. Oct 30, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: properly keep track of conduit reference Problem description ------------------- DSA has a mumbo-jumbo of reference handling of the conduit net device and its kobject which, sadly, is just wrong and doesn't make sense. There are two distinct problems. 1. The OF path, which uses of_find_net_device_by_node(), never release

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-71152

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-71152

    30-day exploitation probability 0.14%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2026-4398

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: properly keep track of conduit reference Problem description ------------------- DSA has a mumbo-jumbo of reference handling of the conduit net device and its kobject which, sadly, is just wrong and doe

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 5, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSNov 5, 2026
  • CVE.orgNov 4, 2026
  • EUVDNov 2, 2026