CVE-2025-71191

Medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: at_hdmac: fix device leak on of_dma_xlate() Make sure to drop the reference taken when looking up the DMA platform device during of_dma_xlate() when releasing channel resources. Note that commit 3832b78b3ec2 ("dmaengine: at_hdmac: add missing put_device() call in at_dma_xlate()") fixed the leak in a couple of error paths but the reference is still leaking on successful allocation.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedJan 31, 2026
First seenJan 31, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel5.10.249, 5.15.199, 6.1.162, 6.6.122, 6.12.67, 6.18.7 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel3.10.1 ≤ v < 5.10.249, 5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.199, 5.16 ≤ v < 6.1.162, 6.2 ≤ v < 6.6.122, 6.7 ≤ v < 6.12.67, 6.13 ≤ v < 6.18.7, 3.10, 6.195.10.249, 5.15.199, 6.1.162, 6.6.122, 6.12.67, 6.18.7

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