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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2025-21715 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: davicom: fix UAF in dm9000_drv_remove dm is netdev private data and it cannot be used after free_netdev() call. Using dm after free_netdev() can cause UAF bug. Fix it by moving free_netdev() at the end of the function. This is similar to the issue fixed in commit ad297cd2db89 ("net: qcom/emac: fix UAF in emac_remove"). This bug is detected by our static analysis tool.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19e65c45a1507a1a2926649d2db3583ed9d55fd9 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2013c95df6752d9c88221d0f0f37b6f197969390 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a54367a7c2378c65aaa4d3cfd952f26adef7aa7 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d7d201eb3b766abe590ac0dda7a508b7db3e357 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a53cb72043443ac787ec0b5fa17bb3f8ff3d462b Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c411f9a5fdc9158e8f7c57eac961d3df3eb4d8ca Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c94ab07edc2843e2f3d46dbd82e5c681503aaadf Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db79e982c5f9e39ab710cbce55b05f2f5e6f1ca9 Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-416 Use After Free CISA-ADP  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-21715
NVD Published Date:
02/26/2025
NVD Last Modified:
04/01/2025
Source:
kernel.org