CVE-2025-21915 — Use After Free in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV5.9OSV5.5OSV4.7
EPSS
0.1%
top 79.38%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedApr 1
Latest updateOct 15
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cdx: Fix possible UAF error in driver_override_show()
Fixed a possible UAF problem in driver_override_show() in drivers/cdx/cdx.c
This function driver_override_show() is part of DEVICE_ATTR_RW, which
includes both driver_override_show() and driver_override_store().
These functions can be executed concurrently in sysfs.
The driver_override_store() function uses driver_set_override() to
update the driver_override value, and dr…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9