CVE-2025-71288

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Published 2026-05-06 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memory: mtk-smi: fix device leaks on common probe Make sure to drop the reference taken when looking up the SMI device during common probe on late probe failure (e.g. probe deferral) and on driver unbind.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-71288

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-71288.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8b2cf42b94c0a8efe43279643935256a6f58b9f

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b44d090d6ca159d94b59ad4cc44ffdaca094df82

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b16599fedf49fd42d174fba342a0b56103df3169

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/984992f31cfb71b25cd0a72ef51ceb5dd6f187e8

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9704564a70399c2787f5a7c5d347add721056e9d

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cfa038bddd710f544076ea2ef7792fc82fbedd6

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed6.1.170-1
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed6.19.6-1
debian debiansidfixed6.19.6-1
debian debiantrixiefixed6.12.85-1
linux linux-kernelaffected6.1.167

References

CWEs

CWE-401

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.