CVE-2025-71190
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Publication date: 2026-01-31
Last updated on: 2026-03-25
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dmaengine: bcm-sba-raid: fix device leak on probe
Make sure to drop the reference taken when looking up the mailbox device
during probe on probe failures and on driver unbind.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | 4.13 |
| 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 4.13.1 (inc) to 5.10.249 (exc) |
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Exploitability
CWE
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| CWE ID | Description |
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| CWE-UNKNOWN |
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AI Powered Q&A
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability in the Linux kernel's dmaengine bcm-sba-raid driver involves a device leak during the probe process. Specifically, the driver fails to properly drop the reference taken when looking up the mailbox device during probe failures and when the driver is unbound, which can lead to resource leaks.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The impact of this vulnerability is a resource leak in the Linux kernel device driver, which could potentially lead to increased memory usage or system instability over time if the leaked resources accumulate.
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