PT-2026-37453 · Linux+3 · Linux+128

Published 2026-05-06 · Updated 2026-05-13 · CVE-2025-71288

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A device leak occurs in the mtk-smi component during the common probe process. The issue arises when the reference taken while looking up the SMI device is not properly dropped during late probe failures, such as probe deferral, or during driver unbind operations.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Leak

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-71288

Affected Products

Linux

Linux-Allwinner-5.19

Linux-Aws

Linux-Aws-5.0

Linux-Aws-5.11

Linux-Aws-5.13

Linux-Aws-5.19

Linux-Aws-5.3

Linux-Aws-5.8

Linux-Aws-6.14

Linux-Aws-6.17

Linux-Aws-6.2

Linux-Aws-6.5

Linux-Aws-6.8

Linux-Aws-Fips

Linux-Azure

Linux-Azure-5.11

Linux-Azure-5.13

Linux-Azure-5.19

Linux-Azure-5.3

Linux-Azure-5.8

Linux-Azure-6.11

Linux-Azure-6.14

Linux-Azure-6.17

Linux-Azure-6.2

Linux-Azure-6.5

Linux-Azure-6.8

Linux-Azure-Edge

Linux-Azure-Fde

Linux-Azure-Fde-5.19

Linux-Azure-Fde-6.14

Linux-Azure-Fde-6.17

Linux-Azure-Fde-6.2

Linux-Azure-Fde-6.8

Linux-Azure-Fips

Linux-Azure-Nvidia

Linux-Azure-Nvidia-6.14

Linux-Fips

Linux-Gcp

Linux-Gcp-5.11

Linux-Gcp-5.13

Linux-Gcp-5.19

Linux-Gcp-5.3

Linux-Gcp-5.8

Linux-Gcp-6.11

Linux-Gcp-6.14

Linux-Gcp-6.17

Linux-Gcp-6.2

Linux-Gcp-6.5

Linux-Gcp-6.8

Linux-Gcp-Fips

Linux-Gke

Linux-Gke-4.15

Linux-Gkeop-5.15

Linux-Gke-5.4

Linux-Gkeop

Linux-Hwe

Linux-Hwe-5.11

Linux-Hwe-5.13

Linux-Hwe-5.19

Linux-Hwe-5.8

Linux-Hwe-6.11

Linux-Hwe-6.14

Linux-Hwe-6.17

Linux-Hwe-6.2

Linux-Hwe-6.5

Linux-Hwe-6.8

Linux-Hwe-Edge

Linux-Ibm

Linux-Ibm-6.8

Linux-Intel-5.13

Linux-Intel-Iot-Realtime

Linux-Lowlatency

Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-5.19

Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-6.11

Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-6.2

Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-6.5

Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-6.8

Linux-Lts

Linux-Nvidia

Linux-Nvidia-6.11

Linux-Nvidia-6.2

Linux-Nvidia-6.5

Linux-Nvidia-6.8

Linux-Nvidia-Lowlatency

Linux-Nvidia-Tegra

Linux-Oem

Linux-Oem-5.10

Linux-Oem-5.13

Linux-Oem-5.14

Linux-Oem-5.17

Linux-Oem-5.6

Linux-Oem-6.0

Linux-Oem-6.1

Linux-Oem-6.11

Linux-Oem-6.14

Linux-Oem-6.17

Linux-Oem-6.5

Linux-Oem-6.8

Linux-Oracle

Linux-Oracle-5.0

Linux-Oracle-5.11

Linux-Oracle-5.13

Linux-Oracle-5.3

Linux-Oracle-5.8

Linux-Oracle-6.14

Linux-Oracle-6.17

Linux-Oracle-6.5

Linux-Oracle-6.8

Linux-Raspi

Linux-Raspi-Realtime

Linux-Raspi2

Linux-Realtime

Linux-Realtime-6.14

Linux-Realtime-6.17

Linux-Realtime-6.8

Linux-Riscv

Linux-Riscv-5.11

Linux-Riscv-5.19

Linux-Riscv-5.8

Linux-Riscv-6.14

Linux-Riscv-6.17

Linux-Riscv-6.5

Linux-Riscv-6.8

Linux-Starfive-5.19

Linux-Starfive-6.2

Linux-Starfive-6.5

Linux-Xilinx

Linux Kernel

References · 16

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2025-71288 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b44d090d6ca159d94b59ad4cc44ffdaca094df82 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-71288 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9704564a70399c2787f5a7c5d347add721056e9d · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/984992f31cfb71b25cd0a72ef51ceb5dd6f187e8 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71288 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8b2cf42b94c0a8efe43279643935256a6f58b9f · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-71288 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71288 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b16599fedf49fd42d174fba342a0b56103df3169 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-71288 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cfa038bddd710f544076ea2ef7792fc82fbedd6 · Patch
• https://t.me/cveNotify/163354 · Telegram Post
• https://docs.bell-sw.com/security/cves/CVE-2025-71288 · Note