FKIE_CVE-2025-39994

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-10-15 08:15 - Updated: 2026-10-19 21:10
Severity
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: tuner: xc5000: Fix use-after-free in xc5000_release The original code uses cancel_delayed_work() in xc5000_release(), which does not guarantee that the delayed work item timer_sleep has fully completed if it was already running. This leads to use-after-free scenarios where xc5000_release() may free the xc5000_priv while timer_sleep is still active and attempts to dereference the xc5000_priv. A typical race condition is illustrated below: CPU 0 (release thread) | CPU 1 (delayed work callback) xc5000_release() | xc5000_do_timer_sleep() cancel_delayed_work() | hybrid_tuner_release_state(priv) | kfree(priv) | | priv = container_of() // UAF Replace cancel_delayed_work() with cancel_delayed_work_sync() to ensure that the timer_sleep is properly canceled before the xc5000_priv memory is deallocated. A deadlock concern was considered: xc5000_release() is called in a process context and is not holding any locks that the timer_sleep work item might also need. Therefore, the use of the _sync() variant is safe here. This bug was initially identified through static analysis. [hverkuil: fix typo in Subject: tunner -> tuner]
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416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f876cd47ed8bca1e28d68435845949f51f90703
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40b7a19f321e65789612ebaca966472055dab48c
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4266f012806fc18e46da4a04d130df59a4946f93
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71ed8b81a4906cb785966910f39cf7f5ad60a69e
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a00de20ed8ba90888479749b87bc1532cded4ce
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc4ffd962ce16a154c44c68853b9d93f5b6fc4b8
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df0303b4839520b84d9367c2fad65b13650a4d42
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2f5eaafc0306a76fb1cb760aae804b065b8a341
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/effb1c19583bca7022fa641a70766de45c6d41ac
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: tuner: xc5000: Fix use-after-free in xc5000_release\n\nThe original code uses cancel_delayed_work() in xc5000_release(), which\ndoes not guarantee that the delayed work item timer_sleep has fully\ncompleted if it was already running. This leads to use-after-free scenarios\nwhere xc5000_release() may free the xc5000_priv while timer_sleep is still\nactive and attempts to dereference the xc5000_priv.\n\nA typical race condition is illustrated below:\n\nCPU 0 (release thread)                 | CPU 1 (delayed work callback)\nxc5000_release()                       | xc5000_do_timer_sleep()\n  cancel_delayed_work()                |\n  hybrid_tuner_release_state(priv)     |\n    kfree(priv)                        |\n                                       |   priv = container_of() // UAF\n\nReplace cancel_delayed_work() with cancel_delayed_work_sync() to ensure\nthat the timer_sleep is properly canceled before the xc5000_priv memory\nis deallocated.\n\nA deadlock concern was considered: xc5000_release() is called in a process\ncontext and is not holding any locks that the timer_sleep work item might\nalso need. Therefore, the use of the _sync() variant is safe here.\n\nThis bug was initially identified through static analysis.\n\n[hverkuil: fix typo in Subject: tunner -\u003e tuner]"
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      "value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\nmedia: tuner: xc5000: Corrige uso despu\u00e9s de liberaci\u00f3n en xc5000_release\n\nEl c\u00f3digo original utiliza cancel_delayed_work() en xc5000_release(), lo que no garantiza que el elemento de trabajo retrasado timer_sleep haya completado totalmente si ya estaba en ejecuci\u00f3n. Esto lleva a escenarios de uso despu\u00e9s de liberaci\u00f3n donde xc5000_release() puede liberar el xc5000_priv mientras timer_sleep todav\u00eda est\u00e1 activo e intenta desreferenciar el xc5000_priv.\n\nUna condici\u00f3n de carrera t\u00edpica se ilustra a continuaci\u00f3n:\n\nCPU 0 (hilo de liberaci\u00f3n)                 | CPU 1 (callback de trabajo retrasado)\nxc5000_release()                       | xc5000_do_timer_sleep()\n  cancel_delayed_work()                |\n  hybrid_tuner_release_state(priv)     |\n    kfree(priv)                        |\n                                       |   priv = container_of() // UAF\n\nReemplace cancel_delayed_work() con cancel_delayed_work_sync() para asegurar que el timer_sleep sea cancelado correctamente antes de que la memoria de xc5000_priv sea desasignada.\n\nSe consider\u00f3 una preocupaci\u00f3n por interbloqueo: xc5000_release() es llamado en un contexto de proceso y no est\u00e1 reteniendo ning\u00fan bloqueo que el elemento de trabajo timer_sleep tambi\u00e9n pudiera necesitar. Por lo tanto, el uso de la variante _sync() es seguro aqu\u00ed.\n\nEste error fue inicialmente identificado mediante an\u00e1lisis est\u00e1tico.\n\n[hverkuil: corrige error tipogr\u00e1fico en Asunto: tunner -\u003e tuner]"
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