---
id: CVE-2025-71190
title: 'dmaengine: bcm-sba-raid: fix device leak on probe'
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  dmaengine: bcm-sba-raid: fix device leak on probe

  Make sure to drop the reference taken when looking up the mailbox device
  during probe on probe failures and on driver…
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 743e1c8ffe4ee5dd7596556dcc3f022ccde13d7b <
    4316e4c4fd2c09f68a262365f21847cafa8fe9dd
  - >-
    Linux >= 743e1c8ffe4ee5dd7596556dcc3f022ccde13d7b <
    4730f12a192d7314119b3d8331611ab151b87bdf
  - >-
    Linux >= 743e1c8ffe4ee5dd7596556dcc3f022ccde13d7b <
    bc98e68adfef3b25c06ff08f0808bb59f787420c
  - >-
    Linux >= 743e1c8ffe4ee5dd7596556dcc3f022ccde13d7b <
    c80ca7bdff158401440741bdcf9175bd8608580b
  - >-
    Linux >= 743e1c8ffe4ee5dd7596556dcc3f022ccde13d7b <
    db6f1d6d31711e73e6a214c73e6a8fb4cda0483d
  - >-
    Linux >= 743e1c8ffe4ee5dd7596556dcc3f022ccde13d7b <
    2ed1a9de1f2d727ccae5bc9cc7c63ee3519c0c8b
  - >-
    Linux >= 743e1c8ffe4ee5dd7596556dcc3f022ccde13d7b <
    7c3a46ebf15a9796b763a54272407fdbf945bed8
  - Linux 4.13
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-06-10T20:42:33.967836Z'
published: '2026-01-31'
updated: '2026-09-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-08T08:44:11.814Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-71190'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4316e4c4fd2c09f68a262365f21847cafa8fe9dd'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4730f12a192d7314119b3d8331611ab151b87bdf'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc98e68adfef3b25c06ff08f0808bb59f787420c'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c80ca7bdff158401440741bdcf9175bd8608580b'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db6f1d6d31711e73e6a214c73e6a8fb4cda0483d'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ed1a9de1f2d727ccae5bc9cc7c63ee3519c0c8b'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c3a46ebf15a9796b763a54272407fdbf945bed8'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00199
epssPercentile: 0.0861
ingestedAt: '2026-09-08T15:33:26.994Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dmaengine: bcm-sba-raid: fix device leak on probe

Make sure to drop the reference taken when looking up the mailbox device
during probe on probe failures and on driver unbind.

## Affected

- `Linux >= 743e1c8ffe4ee5dd7596556dcc3f022ccde13d7b < 4316e4c4fd2c09f68a262365f21847cafa8fe9dd`
- `Linux >= 743e1c8ffe4ee5dd7596556dcc3f022ccde13d7b < 4730f12a192d7314119b3d8331611ab151b87bdf`
- `Linux >= 743e1c8ffe4ee5dd7596556dcc3f022ccde13d7b < bc98e68adfef3b25c06ff08f0808bb59f787420c`
- `Linux >= 743e1c8ffe4ee5dd7596556dcc3f022ccde13d7b < c80ca7bdff158401440741bdcf9175bd8608580b`
- `Linux >= 743e1c8ffe4ee5dd7596556dcc3f022ccde13d7b < db6f1d6d31711e73e6a214c73e6a8fb4cda0483d`
- `Linux >= 743e1c8ffe4ee5dd7596556dcc3f022ccde13d7b < 2ed1a9de1f2d727ccae5bc9cc7c63ee3519c0c8b`
- `Linux >= 743e1c8ffe4ee5dd7596556dcc3f022ccde13d7b < 7c3a46ebf15a9796b763a54272407fdbf945bed8`
- `Linux 4.13`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.
