In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: stm32: dmamux: fix device leak on route allocation Make sure to drop the reference taken when looking up the DMA mux platform device during route allocation. Note that holding a reference to a device does not prevent its driver data from going away so there is no point in keeping the reference.
History

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: stm32: dmamux: fix device leak on route allocation Make sure to drop the reference taken when looking up the DMA mux platform device during route allocation. Note that holding a reference to a device does not prevent its driver data from going away so there is no point in keeping the reference.
Title dmaengine: stm32: dmamux: fix device leak on route allocation
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-31T11:41:57.921Z

Reserved: 2026-01-31T11:36:51.187Z

Link: CVE-2025-71186

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-31T12:16:03.873

Modified: 2026-01-31T12:16:03.873

Link: CVE-2025-71186

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