Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-71190

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.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.5th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 10.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-71190: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 743e1c8ffe4ee5dd7596556dcc3f022ccde13d7b, 4.13, 0
  • Linux Kernel — versions 4.13, 6.19

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-71190?
CVE-2025-71190 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-01-31.
How severe is CVE-2025-71190?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.