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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2025-21968 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Fix slab-use-after-free on hdcp_work [Why] A slab-use-after-free is reported when HDCP is destroyed but the property_validate_dwork queue is still running. [How] Cancel the delayed work when destroying workqueue. (cherry picked from commit 725a04ba5a95e89c89633d4322430cfbca7ce128)


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Hyperlink Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06acfdef370ae018dad9592369e2d2fd9a40c09e Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1397715b011bcdc6ad91b17df7acaee301e89db5 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/378b361e2e30e9729f9a7676f7926868d14f4326 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4964dbc4191ab436877a5e3ecd9c67a4e50b7c36 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93d701064e56788663d7c5918fbe5e060d5df587 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bac7b8b1a3f1a86eeec85835af106cbdc2b9d9f7 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e65e7bea220c3ce8c4c793b4ba35557f4994ab2b Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-416 Use After Free cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-21968
NVD Published Date:
04/01/2025
NVD Last Modified:
04/14/2025
Source:
kernel.org