Vulnerability · Published Feb 27, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-21715net: davicom: fix UAF in dm9000_drv_remove

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity use-after-free in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 84.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.129-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21715
Debian:13linux6.12.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21715
Debian:14linux6.12.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-140.150USN-7510-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-140.150UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-64.67UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1084.91USN-7510-7
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1084.91UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1032.34UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1032.34~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1089.98UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1089.98USN-7510-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1034.39UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1034.39~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1089.98.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1022.23UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1083.92UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1083.92USN-7511-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1033.35UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1033.35~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1081.87USN-7511-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1081.87UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1028.32UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1066.74USN-7510-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1066.74UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1015.17UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-26.26~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-64.67~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1076.79UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1076.79USN-7510-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1029.29UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1029.29~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1079.85USN-7510-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1079.85UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1080.85UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1080.85USN-7510-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-140.150UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-140.150USN-7510-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-64.67.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.116.11.0-1014.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-64.67.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1078.79USN-7510-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1078.79UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1031.34UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1031.34~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1031.34.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1037.37UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1037.37USN-7510-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1026.26USN-7510-7
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1026.26UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1022.22UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1031.31UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1081.87UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1081.87USN-7510-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1029.30UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1029.30~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1078.81USN-7510-7
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1078.81UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1031.35UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-64.67~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1050.54UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21715

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux d28e783c20033b90a64d4e1307bafb56085d8184 – before db79e982c5f9e39ab710cbce55b05f2f5e6f1ca94fd0654b8f2129b68203974ddee15f804ec011c2 – before a53cb72043443ac787ec0b5fa17bb3f8ff3d462bcf9e60aa69ae6c40d3e3e4c94dd6c8de31674e9b – before 7d7d201eb3b766abe590ac0dda7a508b7db3e357cf9e60aa69ae6c40d3e3e4c94dd6c8de31674e9b – before c94ab07edc2843e2f3d46dbd82e5c681503aaadfcf9e60aa69ae6c40d3e3e4c94dd6c8de31674e9b – before c411f9a5fdc9158e8f7c57eac961d3df3eb4d8cacf9e60aa69ae6c40d3e3e4c94dd6c8de31674e9b – before 5a54367a7c2378c65aaa4d3cfd952f26adef7aa7cf9e60aa69ae6c40d3e3e4c94dd6c8de31674e9b – before 2013c95df6752d9c88221d0f0f37b6f197969390cf9e60aa69ae6c40d3e3e4c94dd6c8de31674e9b – before 19e65c45a1507a1a2926649d2db3583ed9d55fd9
Linux Linux 5.12

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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