CVE-2025-71274
Published: May 6, 2026
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rpmsg: core: fix race in driver_override_show() and use core helper The driver_override_show function reads the driver_override string without holding the device_lock. However, the store function modifies and frees the string while holding the device_lock. This creates a race condition where the string can be freed by the store function while being read by the show function, leading to a use-after-free. To fix this, replace the rpmsg_string_attr macro with explicit show and store functions. The new driver_override_store uses the standard driver_set_override helper. Since the introduction of driver_set_override, the comments in include/linux/rpmsg.h have stated that this helper must be used to set or clear driver_override, but the implementation was not updated until now. Because driver_set_override modifies and frees the string while holding the device_lock, the new driver_override_show now correctly holds the device_lock during the read operation to prevent the race. Additionally, since rpmsg_string_attr has only ever been used for driver_override, removing the macro simplifies the code.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 39e47767ec9b22f844c2a07c9d329256960d4021 - < 392c6b68334aa0e0ae9aba95c0a366bcb0d92f5daffected 39e47767ec9b22f844c2a07c9d329256960d4021 - < d66b8074c555e8abb0ae19eea1c9f3635498bddeaffected 39e47767ec9b22f844c2a07c9d329256960d4021 - < 47615557447185917afa432b7958f87583c417cbaffected 39e47767ec9b22f844c2a07c9d329256960d4021 - < 90c8353f471821d7ccd4fe573a2402e056192494affected 39e47767ec9b22f844c2a07c9d329256960d4021 - < 7654e6e3cd6bdee9602f6063b3c670bd556d7e61+3 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 4.18unaffected 0 - < 4.18unaffected 5.10.252 - <= 5.10.*unaffected 5.15.202 - <= 5.15.*unaffected 6.1.165 - <= 6.1.*+5 more versions |
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