CVE-2025-37838 — Use After Free in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.1OSV5.5
EPSS
0.1%
top 82.29%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedApr 18
Latest updateJan 9
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HSI: ssi_protocol: Fix use after free vulnerability in ssi_protocol Driver Due to Race Condition
In the ssi_protocol_probe() function, &ssi->work is bound with
ssip_xmit_work(), In ssip_pn_setup(), the ssip_pn_xmit() function
within the ssip_pn_ops structure is capable of starting the
work.
If we remove the module which will call ssi_protocol_remove()
to make a cleanup, it will free ssi through kfree(ssi),
while the work ment…
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 Packages8 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxdf26d639e2f4628732a8da5a0f71e4e652ce809b — d03abc1c2b21324550fa71e12d53e7d3498e0af6+9