CVE-2025-39944Use After Free in Linux

Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.09%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 4
Latest updateApr 9

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-pf: Fix use-after-free bugs in otx2_sync_tstamp() The original code relies on cancel_delayed_work() in otx2_ptp_destroy(), which does not ensure that the delayed work item synctstamp_work has fully completed if it was already running. This leads to use-after-free scenarios where otx2_ptp is deallocated by otx2_ptp_destroy(), while synctstamp_work remains active and attempts to dereference otx2_ptp in otx2_sync_tstamp

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 Packages7 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel6.16.1.154+4
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.158-1+2
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-106.106
CVEListV5linux/linux2958d17a898416c6193431676f6130b68a2cb9fc2786879aebf363806a13d41e8d5f99202ddd23d9+5

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

10
OSV
linux-raspi, linux-raspi-realtime vulnerabilities2026-04-01
OSV
linux-azure-6.8 vulnerabilities2026-03-25
OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities2026-03-25
OSV
linux-aws-6.8 vulnerabilities2026-03-23
OSV
linux-realtime, linux-realtime-6.8 vulnerabilities2026-03-17

📋Vendor Advisories

12
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities2026-04-09
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities2026-04-01
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2026-03-25
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2026-03-25
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities2026-03-23

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Bleepingcomputer
Microsoft October 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes 6 zero-days, 172 flaws2025-10-14
CVE-2025-39944 — Use After Free in Linux | cvebase