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CVE-2025-21715

kernel: net: davicom: fix UAF in dm9000_drv_remove

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

7.8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · February 27, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-416 · Use After Free