5.5

CVE-2025-71222: wifi: wlcore: ensure skb headroom before skb_push

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71222DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71222
Published 14-02-2026Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-71222 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.15%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 31 · Related 25
DLA-4498-1DLA-4499-1DSA-6141-1DSA-6163-1MGASA-2026-0097MGASA-2026-0098

Timeline

  1. 14-02-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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).

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

4%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.14% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu157 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-185.195 | < 6.8.0-117.117
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1111.118 | < 6.8.0-1055.58
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ f5fc0f86b02afef1119b523623b4cde41475bc8c, < 88295a55fefe5414e64293638b6f7549646e58ed | ≥ f5fc0f86b02afef1119b523623b4cde41475bc8c, < cd89a4656c03f8db0c57350aaec69cd3cfaa3522 | ≥ f5fc0f86b02afef1119b523623b4cde41475bc8c, < 745a0810dbc96a0471e5f5e627ba1e978c3116d4 | ≥ f5fc0f86b02afef1119b523623b4cde41475bc8c, < b167312390fdd461c81ead516f2b0b44e83a9edb | ≥ f5fc0f86b02afef1119b523623b4cde41475bc8c, < 71de0b6e04bbee5575caf9a1e4d424e7dcc50018 | ≥ f5fc0f86b02afef1119b523623b4cde41475bc8c, < 689a7980e4788e13e766763d53569fb78dea2513 | ≥ f5fc0f86b02afef1119b523623b4cde41475bc8c, < e75665dd096819b1184087ba5718bd93beafff51 | 2.6.32
  • linux_kernel≥ 2.6.32, < 5.10.250 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.200 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.163 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.124 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.70 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.18.10 | 6.19:rc1 | 6.19:rc2 | 6.19:rc3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.164-1 | < 6.12.73-1 | < 6.18.10-1

3 vendors · 160 products

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