CVE-2025-39861 — Use After Free in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 19
Latest updateApr 9
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: vhci: Prevent use-after-free by removing debugfs files early
Move the creation of debugfs files into a dedicated function, and ensure
they are explicitly removed during vhci_release(), before associated
data structures are freed.
Previously, debugfs files such as "force_suspend", "force_wakeup", and
others were created under hdev->debugfs but not removed in
vhci_release(). Since vhci_release() frees the backing vhc…
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