Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 25, 2026· Updated Feb 9, 2026
dmaengine: idxd: fix device leaks on compat bind and unbind
CVE-2025-71163
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.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 5.15
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
6- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c97ff108f825a70c3bb29d65ddf0a013d231bb9mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/799900f01792cf8b525a44764f065f83fcafd468mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7226fd61def74b60dd8e47ec84cabafc39d575bmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2d077180a56e3b7c97b7517d0465b584adc693bmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7bd948f89271c92d9ca9b2b682bfba56896e959mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c81ea0222eaaafdd77348e27d1e84a1b8cfc0c99mitre
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