CVE-2025-71187 (GCVE-0-2025-71187)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-31 11:41 – Updated: 2026-01-31 11:41
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Title
dmaengine: sh: rz-dmac: fix device leak on probe failure
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: sh: rz-dmac: fix device leak on probe failure Make sure to drop the reference taken when looking up the ICU device during probe also on probe failures (e.g. probe deferral).
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Linux Linux Affected: 7de873201c44bff5b42f2e560098d463843b8a4c , < 926d1666420c227eab50962a8622c1b8444720e8 (git)
Affected: 7de873201c44bff5b42f2e560098d463843b8a4c , < 9fb490323997dcb6f749cd2660a17a39854600cd (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 6.16
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.16 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.7 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19-rc6 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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