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CVE-2025-71188

MEDIUM

5.5

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: lpc18xx-dmamux: fix device leak on route allocation Make sure to drop the reference taken when looking up the DMA mux platform device during route allocation. Note that holding a reference to a device does not prevent its driver data from going away so there is no point in keeping the reference.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.5

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published1/31/2026

Last Modified3/25/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

linux:linux_kernel

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-401

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e47d80f6720f0224efd19bcf081d39637569c10(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d396ebfb3049a2b5fac51d2c967db5114b685e8(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/499ddae78c4baa9b94df76b2d2eb6b150d15377f(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/992eb8055a6e5dbb808672d20d68e60d5a89b12b(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fba97baa520c9446df51a64708daf27c5a7ed32(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/adef147a8d8c3d767abf88ad2c381ffab2993086(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4d63059dee7e7cae0c4d9a532ed558bc90efb55(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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