CVE-2025-22097 — Use After Free in Linux

CWE-416 — Use After Free65 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.1OSV5.9OSV5.5OSV4.4
EPSS
0.1%
top 78.00%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+4 more
Timeline
PublishedApr 16
Latest updateJan 9

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vkms: Fix use after free and double free on init error If the driver initialization fails, the vkms_exit() function might access an uninitialized or freed default_config pointer and it might double free it. Fix both possible errors by initializing default_config only when the driver initialization succeeded.

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

Affected Packages9 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.12 — 5.15.180+5
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.135-1+2
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-142.152+2
▶CVEListV5linux/linux2df7af93fdadb9ba8226fe443fae15ecdefda2a6 — 49a69f67f53518bdd9b7eeebf019a2da6cc0e954+7

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

32
OSV
linux-azure-nvidia vulnerabilities↗2026-01-09
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OSV
linux-azure-fips vulnerabilities↗2025-12-17
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OSV
linux-raspi vulnerabilities↗2025-11-25
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OSV
linux-raspi-realtime vulnerabilities↗2025-11-24
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OSV
linux-aws-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2025-11-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

32
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure, N-Series) vulnerabilities↗2026-01-09
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities↗2025-12-17
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities↗2025-11-25
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities↗2025-11-24
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities↗2025-11-12
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