CVE-2025-40223 — Linux vulnerability
55 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHOSV
OSV5.5OSV3.2
No vectorEPSS
0.1%
top 79.04%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 4
Latest updateApr 13
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
most: usb: Fix use-after-free in hdm_disconnect
hdm_disconnect() calls most_deregister_interface(), which eventually
unregisters the MOST interface device with device_unregister(iface->dev).
If that drops the last reference, the device core may call release_mdev()
immediately while hdm_disconnect() is still executing.
The old code also freed several mdev-owned allocations in
hdm_disconnect() and then performed additional put_…
Affected Packages6 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux97a6f772f36b7f52bcfa56a581bbd2470cffe23d — 5b5c478f09b1b35e7fe6fc9a1786c9bf6030e831+7