CVE-2025-39698Use After Free in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV4.7OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 5
Latest updateMar 25

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/futex: ensure io_futex_wait() cleans up properly on failure The io_futex_data is allocated upfront and assigned to the io_kiocb async_data field, but the request isn't marked with REQ_F_ASYNC_DATA at that point. Those two should always go together, as the flag tells io_uring whether the field is valid or not. Additionally, on failure cleanup, the futex handler frees the data but does not clear ->async_data. Clear the

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages7 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel6.76.12.44+2
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.12.48-1+1
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-94.96
CVEListV5linux/linux194bb58c6090e39bd7d9b9c888a079213628e1f6d9f93172820a53ab42c4b0e5e65291f4f9d00ad2+3
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.16.5-1 (forky)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

11
OSV
linux-azure-6.8 vulnerabilities2026-03-25
OSV
linux-azure-fips vulnerabilities2026-03-04
OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities2026-03-04
OSV
linux-lowlatency, linux-xilinx vulnerabilities2026-02-20
OSV
linux-aws, linux-aws-6.8, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-6.8, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-6.8, linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 vulnerabilities2026-02-11

📋Vendor Advisories

11
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2026-03-25
Ubuntu
Kernel Live Patch Security Notice2026-03-04
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2026-03-04
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities2026-03-04
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2026-02-20

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2025-39698 kernel: io_uring/futex: ensure io_futex_wait() cleans up properly on failure2025-09-05
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