CVE-2025-22097
drm/vkms: Fix use after free and double free on init error
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: total
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vkms: Fix use after free and double free on init error If the driver initialization fails, the vkms_exit() function might access an uninitialized or freed default_config pointer and it might double free it. Fix both possible errors by initializing default_config only when the driver initialization succeeded.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Linux Linux
Version range not reported
- Linux Linux
5.12
References 7
git.kernel.org
- stable/c/49a69f67f53518bdd9b7eeebf019a2da6cc0e954
- stable/c/79d138d137b80eeb0a83244d1cff29e64cf91067
- stable/c/561fc0c5cf41f646f3e9e61784cbc0fc832fb936
- stable/c/d5eb8e347905ab17788a7903fa1d3d06747355f5
- stable/c/b8a18bb53e06d6d3c1fd03d12533d6e333ba8853
- stable/c/1f68f1cf09d06061eb549726ff8339e064eddebd
- stable/c/ed15511a773df86205bda66c37193569575ae828