CVE-2025-21856

high

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.

References

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-03-12

Updated: 2025-03-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High