Bug 2435640 (CVE-2025-71187)

Summary: CVE-2025-71187 kernel: dmaengine: sh: rz-dmac: fix device leak on probe failure
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-01-31 12:01:23 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dmaengine: sh: rz-dmac: fix device leak on probe failure

Make sure to drop the reference taken when looking up the ICU device
during probe also on probe failures (e.g. probe deferral).
Comment 1 TEJ RATHI 2026-02-02 06:04:09 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026013118-CVE-2025-71187-b0b2@gregkh/T