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Linux CVE-2025-71163

MEDIUM
Memory Leak (CWE-401)
2026-01-25 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
5.5
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
5.5 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SUSE
MEDIUM
qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Analysis Generated
Mar 12, 2026 - 21:59 vuln.today
Patch released
Feb 26, 2026 - 17:10 nvd
Patch available
CVE Published
Jan 25, 2026 - 15:15 nvd
MEDIUM 5.5

DescriptionNVD

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.

AnalysisAI

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 5.5 MEDIUM]

Technical ContextAI

Classified as CWE-401 (Memory Leak). Affects Linux Kernel. 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.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available — apply it immediately.

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Medium
Product Status
Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container:2.1.3-6.35 Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/toolbox:13.2-9.1 Image SLE-Micro-Azure Image SLE-Micro-BYOS Image SLE-Micro-BYOS-Azure Image SLE-Micro-BYOS-EC2 Image SLE-Micro-BYOS-GCE Image SLE-Micro-GCE Affected
Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container:2.1.3-7.95 Image SL-Micro Image SLE-Micro Image SLE-Micro-EC2 Affected
Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/kvm-os-container:2.1.3-6.115 Affected
Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/rt-os-container:2.1.3-7.146 Affected
Container suse/sl-micro/6.1/base-os-container:2.2.1-5.80 Image SL-Micro-EC2 Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Proxy-BYOS-EC2 Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-Azure-ltd Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-BYOS-EC2 Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-EC2-llc Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-EC2-ltd Affected

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