# CVE-2025-21715: net: davicom: fix UAF in dm9000\_drv\_remove

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.4.291, 5.10.235, 4.5, 4.10, 4.15, and 2 more
- Published: 2025-02-27 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 5.4.106, fixed in 5.4.291; from 5.10.24, fixed in 5.10.235; from 4.4.262, fixed in 4.5; from 4.9.262, fixed in 4.10; from 4.14.226, fixed in 4.15; from 4.19.181, fixed in 4.20; from 5.11.7, fixed in 5.12
- Linux: 5.12

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: davicom: fix UAF in dm9000_drv_remove dm is netdev private data and it cannot be used after free_netdev() call. Using dm after free_netdev() can cause UAF bug. Fix it by moving free_netdev() at the end of the function. This is similar to the issue fixed in commit ad297cd2db89 ("net: qcom/emac: fix UAF in emac_remove"). This bug is detected by our static analysis tool.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.4.291, 5.10.235, 4.5, 4.10, 4.15) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db79e982c5f9e39ab710cbce55b05f2f5e6f1ca9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a53cb72043443ac787ec0b5fa17bb3f8ff3d462b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d7d201eb3b766abe590ac0dda7a508b7db3e357
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c94ab07edc2843e2f3d46dbd82e5c681503aaadf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c411f9a5fdc9158e8f7c57eac961d3df3eb4d8ca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a54367a7c2378c65aaa4d3cfd952f26adef7aa7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2013c95df6752d9c88221d0f0f37b6f197969390
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19e65c45a1507a1a2926649d2db3583ed9d55fd9

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