Medium 5.5Published May 6, 2026

CVE-2025-71288memory: mtk-smi: fix device leaks on common probe

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 2:20 PM ET)

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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.

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 47404757702ec8aa5c8310cdf58a267081f0ce6c before b8b2cf42b94c0a8efe43279643935256a6f58b9f; from 47404757702ec8aa5c8310cdf58a267081f0ce6c before b16599fedf49fd42d174fba342a0b56103df3169; 47404757702ec8aa5c8310cdf58a267081f0ce6c builds before 984992f31cfb71b25cd0a72ef51ceb5dd6f187e8; from 47404757702ec8aa5c8310cdf58a267081f0ce6c before b44d090d6ca159d94b59ad4cc44ffdaca094df82; 47404757702ec8aa5c8310cdf58a267081f0ce6c builds before 9704564a70399c2787f5a7c5d347add721056e9d; 47404757702ec8aa5c8310cdf58a267081f0ce6c builds before 6cfa038bddd710f544076ea2ef7792fc82fbedd6	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 5.16 before 6.1.167; from 6.2 before 6.6.130; from 6.7 before 6.12.77; from 6.13 before 6.18.17; from 6.19 before 6.19.6	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8b2cf42b94c0a8efe43279643935256a6f58b9f	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b16599fedf49fd42d174fba342a0b56103df3169	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/984992f31cfb71b25cd0a72ef51ceb5dd6f187e8	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b44d090d6ca159d94b59ad4cc44ffdaca094df82	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9704564a70399c2787f5a7c5d347add721056e9d	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cfa038bddd710f544076ea2ef7792fc82fbedd6	patch

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