CVE-2025-39882

HIGH

Linux kernel - Use After Free

Title source: llm

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/mediatek: fix potential OF node use-after-free The for_each_child_of_node() helper drops the reference it takes to each node as it iterates over children and an explicit of_node_put() is only needed when exiting the loop early. Drop the recently introduced bogus additional reference count decrement at each iteration that could potentially lead to a use-after-free.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 3.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-416
Status published

Affected Products (6)

linux/linux_kernel < 6.6.107
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/Kernel < 6.6.107linux
linux/Kernel < 6.12.48linux
linux/Kernel < 6.16.8linux

Timeline

Published Sep 23, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026