CVE-2025-71188

MEDIUM

CVSS v3.1: 5.5 · EPSS: 0.0001 (1.0 percentile)

No user interactionMemory LeakVendor advisory ref

Source data as of:

At a glance

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5 v3.1 · NVD
EPSS
0.0001 (1.0 percentile) · FIRST.org
CISA KEV
No
Type
Memory Leak · NVD CWE
Attack conditions (CVSS vector)
No user interaction · Source: NVD Vector
Affected vendors
linux
Published
2026-01-31 · Modified: 2026-06-02

CVSS / EPSS / KEV

CVSS v3.1 5.5 / 10 MEDIUM Source: NVD
EPSS 0.0001 1.0 percentile Source: FIRST.org
CISA KEV No Source: CISA

Source — CVSS: NVD · EPSS: FIRST.org · KEV: CISA. Data & Sources

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.

Record details

CVE ID
CVE-2025-71188
CVSS (v3.1)
5.5 (MEDIUM)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability subscore
1.8
Impact subscore
3.6
EPSS
0.0001 (1.0 percentile) — 2026-06-03
CISA KEV
No
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-401
Affected vendors
linux
Affected configurations (CPE)
15
Published
2026-01-31
Modified
2026-06-02
Status
Modified

References

Reference URLs as listed by NVD, grouped by a mechanical match on the link's host/pattern. Labels describe the link type only.