Linux Kernel: mtk-smi Device Leak Fix (CVE-2025-71288)
CVE-2025-71288 Published on May 6, 2026
memory: mtk-smi: fix device leaks on common probe
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.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-71288
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Affected Versions
Linux:- Version 47404757702ec8aa5c8310cdf58a267081f0ce6c and below b8b2cf42b94c0a8efe43279643935256a6f58b9f is affected.
- Version 47404757702ec8aa5c8310cdf58a267081f0ce6c and below b16599fedf49fd42d174fba342a0b56103df3169 is affected.
- Version 47404757702ec8aa5c8310cdf58a267081f0ce6c and below 984992f31cfb71b25cd0a72ef51ceb5dd6f187e8 is affected.
- Version 47404757702ec8aa5c8310cdf58a267081f0ce6c and below b44d090d6ca159d94b59ad4cc44ffdaca094df82 is affected.
- Version 47404757702ec8aa5c8310cdf58a267081f0ce6c and below 9704564a70399c2787f5a7c5d347add721056e9d is affected.
- Version 47404757702ec8aa5c8310cdf58a267081f0ce6c and below 6cfa038bddd710f544076ea2ef7792fc82fbedd6 is affected.
- Version 5.16 is affected.
- Before 5.16 is unaffected.
- Version 6.1.167, <= 6.1.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.6.130, <= 6.6.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.12.77, <= 6.12.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.18.17, <= 6.18.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.19.6, <= 6.19.* is unaffected.
- Version 7.0, <= * is unaffected.
Exploit Probability
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