# CVE-2025-38206: exfat: fix double free in delayed\_free

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- 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
- Published: 2025-07-04 · Updated: 2026-09-02

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.7

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: exfat: fix double free in delayed_free The double free could happen in the following path. exfat_create_upcase_table() exfat_create_upcase_table() : return error exfat_free_upcase_table() : free ->vol_utbl exfat_load_default_upcase_table : return error exfat_kill_sb() delayed_free() exfat_free_upcase_table() <--------- double free This patch set ->vol_util as NULL after freeing it.

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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/13d8de1b6568dcc31a95534ced16bc0c9a67bc15
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66e84439ec2af776ce749e8540f8fdd257774152
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea27703eb0efbadcd45b9949526160ed90536a72
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac65f76db9b2ff3fbc9e198c0e9aaf81b111b7d0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29abaf93357f4a7d083cf399d4306999e20db31d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3cef0e7a5c1aa6217c51faa9ce8ecac35d6e1fd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f3d9724e16d62c7d42c67d6613b8512f2887c22

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