CVE-2025-40001 — Use After Free in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHOSV
OSV5.5OSV3.2
No vectorEPSS
0.1%
top 77.18%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 18
Latest updateApr 13
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: mvsas: Fix use-after-free bugs in mvs_work_queue
During the detaching of Marvell's SAS/SATA controller, the original code
calls cancel_delayed_work() in mvs_free() to cancel the delayed work
item mwq->work_q. However, if mwq->work_q is already running, the
cancel_delayed_work() may fail to cancel it. This can lead to
use-after-free scenarios where mvs_free() frees the mvs_info while
mvs_work_queue() is still executing an…