CVE-2025-71288CWE-401

CVE-2025-71288

Medium · published May 6, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
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
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00128 · 2.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Published
2026-05-06T16:16Z
Affected products (5)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.1676.1.167
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.1306.6.130
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.776.12.77
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.176.18.17
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 6.19.66.19.6
References (6)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 MAY 11:32Z
    memory: mtk-smi: fix device leaks on common probe
    cvelistv5