5.5

CVE-2025-71163: dmaengine: idxd: fix device leaks on compat bind and unbind

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71163DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71163
Published 25-01-2026Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-71163 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 43 · Related 40
DLA-4476-1DSA-6126-1DSA-6127-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20287-1SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1SUSE-SU-2026:0472-1

Timeline

  1. 25-01-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: fix device leaks on compat bind and unbind Make sure to drop the reference taken when looking up the idxd device as part of the compat bind and unbind sysfs interface.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

12%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.21% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu144 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-176.186 | < 6.8.0-117.117 | All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.15.0-1105.112 | < 6.8.0-1055.58 | All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 6e7f3ee97bbe2c7d7a53b7dbd7a08a579e03c8c9, < b7bd948f89271c92d9ca9b2b682bfba56896e959 | ≥ 6e7f3ee97bbe2c7d7a53b7dbd7a08a579e03c8c9, < b2d077180a56e3b7c97b7517d0465b584adc693b | ≥ 6e7f3ee97bbe2c7d7a53b7dbd7a08a579e03c8c9, < c81ea0222eaaafdd77348e27d1e84a1b8cfc0c99 | ≥ 6e7f3ee97bbe2c7d7a53b7dbd7a08a579e03c8c9, < 0c97ff108f825a70c3bb29d65ddf0a013d231bb9 | ≥ 6e7f3ee97bbe2c7d7a53b7dbd7a08a579e03c8c9, < a7226fd61def74b60dd8e47ec84cabafc39d575b | ≥ 6e7f3ee97bbe2c7d7a53b7dbd7a08a579e03c8c9, < 799900f01792cf8b525a44764f065f83fcafd468 | 5.15
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.15, < 5.15.199 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.162 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.122 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.67 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.18.7 | 6.19:rc1 | 6.19:rc2 | 6.19:rc3 | 6.19:rc4 | 6.19:rc5
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.162-1 | < 6.12.69-1 | < 6.18.8-1

3 vendors · 147 products

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