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DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40024

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40024 PUBLISHED

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vhost: Take a reference on the task in struct vhost_task. vhost_task_create() creates a task and keeps a reference to its task_struct. That task may exit early via a signal and its task_struct will be released. A pending vhost_task_wake() will then attempt to wake the task and access a task_struct which is no longer there. Acquire a reference on the task_struct while creating the thread and release the reference while the struct vhost_task itself is removed. If the task exits early due to a signal, then the vhost_task_wake() will still access a valid task_struct. The wake is safe and will be skipped in this case.

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14linux6.12.74-1, 0, 6.12.38-1
Debian:13linux6.12.38-1, 6.12.41-1, 6.12.43-1

Timeline

  • Oct 24, 2025 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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