CVE-2025-21715
kernel: net: davicom: fix UAF in dm9000_drv_remove
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
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.
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-416 · Use After Free