---
id: CVE-2025-71288
title: |-
  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
summary: |-
  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. …
severity: medium
cvss: 5.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-401
vendor: linux
product: linux_kernel
affected:
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.167'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.130'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.77'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.18.17'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.19, < 6.19.6'
patched:
  - linux_kernel 6.19.6
published: '2026-05-06'
updated: '2026-10-14'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-14T13:10:00.187'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71288'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cfa038bddd710f544076ea2ef7792fc82fbedd6'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9704564a70399c2787f5a7c5d347add721056e9d'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/984992f31cfb71b25cd0a72ef51ceb5dd6f187e8'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b16599fedf49fd42d174fba342a0b56103df3169'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b44d090d6ca159d94b59ad4cc44ffdaca094df82'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8b2cf42b94c0a8efe43279643935256a6f58b9f'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00128
epssPercentile: 0.02156
ingestedAt: '2026-10-14T13:30:58.486Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected

- `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.167`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.130`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.77`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.18.17`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.19, < 6.19.6`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `linux_kernel 6.19.6`