CVE-2025-37838

HIGH

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in HSI ssi_protocol Driver via Race Condition

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HSI: ssi_protocol: Fix use after free vulnerability in ssi_protocol Driver Due to Race Condition In the ssi_protocol_probe() function, &ssi->work is bound with ssip_xmit_work(), In ssip_pn_setup(), the ssip_pn_xmit() function within the ssip_pn_ops structure is capable of starting the work. If we remove the module which will call ssi_protocol_remove() to make a cleanup, it will free ssi through kfree(ssi), while the work mentioned above will be used. The sequence of operations that may lead to a UAF bug is as follows: CPU0 CPU1 | ssip_xmit_work ssi_protocol_remove | kfree(ssi); | | struct hsi_client *cl = ssi->cl; | // use ssi Fix it by ensuring that the work is canceled before proceeding with the cleanup in ssi_protocol_remove().

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 7.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (29)
linux/Kernel 4.8.0 - 5.4.293linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.181linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.135linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.237linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.13.12linux
linux/Kernel 6.14.0 - 6.14.3linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.88linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.24linux
Linux/Linux < 4.8
Linux/Linux 4.8
... and 19 more
Published Apr 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026