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DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39994

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39994 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.199999809265137 CRITICAL

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]

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0
9.199999809265137
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11linux-6.16.1.148-1~deb11u1, 6.1.140-1~deb11u1, 6.1.137-1~deb11u1
Debian:12linux*, 0, 6.1.106-1
Debian:14linux6.15.2-1, 6.12.38-1, 6.12.41-1
Debian:13linux6.12.57-1, 6.12.48-1, 6.12.43-1
Debian:11linux5.10.216-1, 5.10.221-1, 5.10.223-1

Timeline

  • Oct 15, 2025 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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