CVE-2025-39951 (GCVE-0-2025-39951)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-04 07:31 – Updated: 2025-10-04 07:37
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: um: virtio_uml: Fix use-after-free after put_device in probe When register_virtio_device() fails in virtio_uml_probe(), the code sets vu_dev->registered = 1 even though the device was not successfully registered. This can lead to use-after-free or other issues.
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Linux Linux Affected: 04e5b1fb01834a602acaae2276b67a783a8c6159 , < 14c231959a16ca41bfdcaede72483362a8c645d7 (git)
Affected: 04e5b1fb01834a602acaae2276b67a783a8c6159 , < 5e94e44c9cb30d7a383d8ac227f24a8c9326b770 (git)
Affected: 04e5b1fb01834a602acaae2276b67a783a8c6159 , < aaf900a83508c8cd5cdf765e7749f9076196ec7f (git)
Affected: 04e5b1fb01834a602acaae2276b67a783a8c6159 , < 4f364023ddcfe83f7073b973a9cb98584b7f2a46 (git)
Affected: 04e5b1fb01834a602acaae2276b67a783a8c6159 , < 00e98b5a69034b251bb36dc6e7123d7648e218e4 (git)
Affected: 04e5b1fb01834a602acaae2276b67a783a8c6159 , < c2ff91255e0157b356cff115d8dc3eeb5162edf2 (git)
Affected: 04e5b1fb01834a602acaae2276b67a783a8c6159 , < 7ebf70cf181651fe3f2e44e95e7e5073d594c9c0 (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 5.5
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.5 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.245 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.194 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.154 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.108 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.49 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.16.9 , ≤ 6.16.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.17 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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