CVE-2025-71185
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Vulnerability report for CVE-2025-71185, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-01-31

Last updated on: 2026-06-02

Assigner: kernel.org

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: ti: dma-crossbar: fix device leak on am335x route allocation Make sure to drop the reference taken when looking up the crossbar platform device during am335x route allocation.

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Published
2026-01-31
Last Modified
2026-06-02
Generated
2026-07-06
AI Q&A
2026-01-31
EPSS Evaluated
2026-07-05
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Affected Vendors & Products

Showing 15 associated CPEs
Vendor Product Version / Range
linux linux_kernel 4.4
linux linux_kernel From 6.13 (inc) to 6.18.7 (exc)
linux linux_kernel 6.19
linux linux_kernel 6.19
linux linux_kernel 6.19
linux linux_kernel 6.19
linux linux_kernel 6.19
linux linux_kernel From 5.11 (inc) to 5.15.199 (exc)
linux linux_kernel From 5.16 (inc) to 6.1.162 (exc)
linux linux_kernel From 6.2 (inc) to 6.6.122 (exc)
linux linux_kernel From 6.7 (inc) to 6.12.67 (exc)
linux linux_kernel 6.19
linux linux_kernel 6.19
linux linux_kernel 6.19
linux linux_kernel From 4.4.1 (inc) to 5.10.249 (exc)

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CWE ID Description
CWE-401 The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a device reference leak in the dma-crossbar driver for the am335x platform in the Linux kernel. It occurs because the reference taken when looking up the crossbar platform device during route allocation was not properly dropped, leading to a device leak.

Impact Analysis

The impact of this vulnerability is a device reference leak, which can lead to resource leaks in the system. Over time, this may cause increased memory usage or instability in the kernel's dma-crossbar handling on affected devices.

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