CVE-2025-39771

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.16-6.16.3 - Denial of Service via Notifier Handler Registration

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: regulator: pca9450: Use devm_register_sys_off_handler With module test, there is error dump: ------------[ cut here ]------------ notifier callback pca9450_i2c_restart_handler already registered WARNING: kernel/notifier.c:23 at notifier_chain_register+0x5c/0x88, CPU#0: kworker/u16:3/50 Call trace: notifier_chain_register+0x5c/0x88 (P) atomic_notifier_chain_register+0x30/0x58 register_restart_handler+0x1c/0x28 pca9450_i2c_probe+0x418/0x538 i2c_device_probe+0x220/0x3d0 really_probe+0x114/0x410 __driver_probe_device+0xa0/0x150 driver_probe_device+0x40/0x114 __device_attach_driver+0xd4/0x12c So use devm_register_sys_off_handler to let kernel handle the resource free to avoid kernel dump.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 2.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (9)
linux/Kernel 6.16.0 - 6.16.4linux
Linux/Linux < 6.16
Linux/Linux 6.16
Linux/Linux 6.16.4 - 6.16.*
Linux/Linux 6.17
Linux/Linux 6157e62b07d9331cc1d4d9d525dab33d45b0e83c - 447be50598c05499f7ccc2b1f6ddb3da30f8099a
Linux/Linux 6157e62b07d9331cc1d4d9d525dab33d45b0e83c - 7a8c8aa0b0b2c62a0232bf868def85f3069ba7a7
linux/linux_kernel 6.17 rc1 (2 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 6.16 - 6.16.4
Published Sep 11, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026