CVE-2025-40037Use After Free in Linux

CWE-416Use After Free32 documents6 sources
Severity
3.2LOWOSV
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.65%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 28
Latest updateApr 9

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: simplefb: Fix use after free in simplefb_detach_genpds() The pm_domain cleanup can not be devres managed as it uses struct simplefb_par which is allocated within struct fb_info by framebuffer_alloc(). This allocation is explicitly freed by unregister_framebuffer() in simplefb_remove(). Devres managed cleanup runs after the device remove call and thus can no longer access struct simplefb_par. Call simplefb_detach_genpds(

Affected Packages5 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel6.8.06.12.53+1
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.12.57-1+1
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-106.106+1
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.17.6-1 (forky)
CVEListV5linux/linux92a511a568e44cf11681a2223cae4d576a1a515db1deb39cfd614fb2f278b71011692a8dbf0f05ba+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
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