CVE-2025-71071

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:iommu/mediatek: fix use-after-free on probe deferralThe driver is dropping the references taken to the larb devices duringprobe after successful lookup as well as on errors. This canpotentially lead to a use-after-free in case a larb device has not yetbeen bound to its driver so that the iommu driver probe defers.Fix this by keeping the references as expected while the iommu driver isbound.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.8

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.027

Associated Vulnerability

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Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234