5.5

CVE-2025-71288: linux

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71288DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71288
Published 06-05-2026Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-71288 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.13%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 20 · Related 20

Timeline

  1. 06-05-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.13%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

2%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.13% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.13%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu130 products
  • linux< 6.8.0-136.136 | All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 6.8.0-1061.64 | All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 47404757702ec8aa5c8310cdf58a267081f0ce6c, < b8b2cf42b94c0a8efe43279643935256a6f58b9f | ≥ 47404757702ec8aa5c8310cdf58a267081f0ce6c, < b16599fedf49fd42d174fba342a0b56103df3169 | ≥ 47404757702ec8aa5c8310cdf58a267081f0ce6c, < 984992f31cfb71b25cd0a72ef51ceb5dd6f187e8 | ≥ 47404757702ec8aa5c8310cdf58a267081f0ce6c, < b44d090d6ca159d94b59ad4cc44ffdaca094df82 | ≥ 47404757702ec8aa5c8310cdf58a267081f0ce6c, < 9704564a70399c2787f5a7c5d347add721056e9d | ≥ 47404757702ec8aa5c8310cdf58a267081f0ce6c, < 6cfa038bddd710f544076ea2ef7792fc82fbedd6 | 5.16
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.167 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.130 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.77 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.18.17 | ≥ 6.19, < 6.19.6
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.170-1 | < 6.12.85-1 | < 6.19.6-1

3 vendors · 133 products

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