# CVE-2025-68748: drm/panthor: Fix UAF race between device unplug and FW event processing

- 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
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-24 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/panthor: Fix UAF race between device unplug and FW event processing The function panthor_fw_unplug() will free the FW memory sections. The problem is that there could still be pending FW events which are yet not handled at this point. process_fw_events_work() can in this case try to access said freed memory. Simply call disable_work_sync() to both drain and prevent future invocation of process_fw_events_work().

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31db188355a49337e3e8ec98b99377e482eab22c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e3ff56d4cb591daea70786d07dc21d06dc34108
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c1da9ae2c123a9ffda5375e64cc81f9ed3cc04a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7051f6ba968fa69918d72cc26de4d6cf7ea05b90

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