Medium 5.5Published Jan 31, 2026

CVE-2025-71187dmaengine: sh: rz-dmac: fix device leak on probe failure

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 1:50 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: sh: rz-dmac: fix device leak on probe failure Make sure to drop the reference taken when looking up the ICU device during probe also on probe failures (e.g. probe deferral).

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 7de873201c44bff5b42f2e560098d463843b8a4c before 926d1666420c227eab50962a8622c1b8444720e8; from 7de873201c44bff5b42f2e560098d463843b8a4c before 9fb490323997dcb6f749cd2660a17a39854600cd	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 6.16.1 before 6.18.7; 6.16; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; and 2 more ranges	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/926d1666420c227eab50962a8622c1b8444720e8	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fb490323997dcb6f749cd2660a17a39854600cd	patch

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