PT-2026-5515

CVE-2025-71189

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Published

2025-01-01

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Updated

2026-10-18

Description by

CVSS 3.1
5.5
Medium
MetricsAV: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 flaw exists in the Linux kernel related to DMA engine functionality, specifically within the dw dmamux component. The issue involves a potential Open Firmware (OF) node leak during route allocation failures. The vulnerability occurs when a reference to a DMA master OF node is not properly released, leading to a memory leak.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Related identifiers
CVE-2025-71189
BDU:2026-04468
ECHO-2EF8-B779-D669
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20416-1
SUSE-SU-2026:0962-1
SUSE-SU-2026:1081-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20667-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20720-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20838-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20845-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20873-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20876-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20931-1
SUSE-SU-2026:21284-1
USN-8278-1
USN-8278-2
USN-8289-1
USN-8289-2
USN-8296-1
USN-8296-2
USN-8393-1
USN-8440-1
USN-8499-1
USN-8570-1
USN-8570-2
USN-8594-1
USN-8604-1
USN-8605-1
USN-8669-1
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