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Vulnerability · Published May 6, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-71288memory: mtk-smi: fix device leaks on common probe

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 2% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 97.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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 packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.170-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71288
Debian:13linux6.12.85-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71288
Debian:14linux6.19.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-136.136UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-136.136USN-8567-1
Ubuntu:25.10linuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1061.64UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1061.64USN-8595-2
Ubuntu:25.10linux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1061.64~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1061.64~22.04.1USN-8595-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1063.71USN-8606-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1063.71UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1063.71~22.04.1USN-8606-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1063.71~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde6.8.0-1062.69UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde6.8.0-1062.69USN-8607-1
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.86.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.86.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1USN-8609-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1064.72UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1064.72USN-8567-1
Ubuntu:25.10linux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1064.72~22.04.1USN-8567-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1064.72~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1059.67UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1059.67USN-8567-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1046.50USN-8567-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1046.50UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-136.136~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-136.136~22.04.1USN-8619-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1061.62UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1061.62USN-8574-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1061.62~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1061.62~22.04.1USN-8574-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-136.136.2UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-136.136.2USN-8574-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-136.136.2~22.04.1USN-8574-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-136.136.2~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1059.62USN-8596-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1059.62UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1059.62~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1059.62~22.04.1USN-8596-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1059.62.1USN-8596-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1059.62.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1030.31USN-8574-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1030.31UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1058.61UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1058.61USN-8574-2
Ubuntu:25.10linux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1USN-8595-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1061.65UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1061.65USN-8665-1
Ubuntu:25.10linux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:25.10linux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:25.10linux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-136.136~22.04.3UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-vmware6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1033.34UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1033.34USN-8574-3

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 47404757702ec8aa5c8310cdf58a267081f0ce6c – before b8b2cf42b94c0a8efe43279643935256a6f58b9f47404757702ec8aa5c8310cdf58a267081f0ce6c – before b16599fedf49fd42d174fba342a0b56103df316947404757702ec8aa5c8310cdf58a267081f0ce6c – before 984992f31cfb71b25cd0a72ef51ceb5dd6f187e847404757702ec8aa5c8310cdf58a267081f0ce6c – before b44d090d6ca159d94b59ad4cc44ffdaca094df8247404757702ec8aa5c8310cdf58a267081f0ce6c – before 9704564a70399c2787f5a7c5d347add721056e9d47404757702ec8aa5c8310cdf58a267081f0ce6c – before 6cfa038bddd710f544076ea2ef7792fc82fbedd6
Linux Linux 5.16

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