CVE-2025-40223
Published: Dec 4, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: most: usb: Fix use-after-free in hdm_disconnect hdm_disconnect() calls most_deregister_interface(), which eventually unregisters the MOST interface device with device_unregister(iface->dev). If that drops the last reference, the device core may call release_mdev() immediately while hdm_disconnect() is still executing. The old code also freed several mdev-owned allocations in hdm_disconnect() and then performed additional put_device() calls. Depending on refcount order, this could lead to use-after-free or double-free when release_mdev() ran (or when unregister paths also performed puts). Fix by moving the frees of mdev-owned allocations into release_mdev(), so they happen exactly once when the device is truly released, and by dropping the extra put_device() calls in hdm_disconnect() that are redundant after device_unregister() and most_deregister_interface(). This addresses the KASAN slab-use-after-free reported by syzbot in hdm_disconnect(). See report and stack traces in the bug link below.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 97a6f772f36b7f52bcfa56a581bbd2470cffe23d - < 5b5c478f09b1b35e7fe6fc9a1786c9bf6030e831affected 97a6f772f36b7f52bcfa56a581bbd2470cffe23d - < 578eb18cd111addec94c43f61cd4b4429e454809affected 97a6f772f36b7f52bcfa56a581bbd2470cffe23d - < 33daf469f5294b9d07c4fc98216cace9f4f34cc6affected 97a6f772f36b7f52bcfa56a581bbd2470cffe23d - < 72427dc6f87523995f4e6ae35a948bb2992cabceaffected 97a6f772f36b7f52bcfa56a581bbd2470cffe23d - < f93a84ffb884d761a9d4e869ba29c238711e81f1+2 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 5.9unaffected 0 - < 5.9unaffected 5.10.246 - <= 5.10.*unaffected 5.15.196 - <= 5.15.*unaffected 6.1.158 - <= 6.1.*+4 more versions |
References
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