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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2025-21856

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 3/12/2025 6:15:18 AM

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Added Description

								
							
							
						
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

s390/ism: add release function for struct device

According to device_release() in /drivers/base/core.c,
a device without a release function is a broken device
and must be fixed.

The current code directly frees the device after calling device_add()
without waiting for other kernel parts to release their references.
Thus, a reference could still be held to a struct device,
e.g., by sysfs, leading to potential use-after-free
issues if a proper release function is not set.
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0505ff2936f166405d81d0d454a81d9c14124344
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/915e34d5ad35a6a9e56113f852ade4a730fb88f0
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/940d15254d2216b585558bcf36312da50074e711
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e26e8ac27351f457091459a0a355bacd06d5bb2b