most: usb: Fix use-after-free in hdm_disconnect
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: most: usb: Fix use-after-free in hdm_disconnect hdm_disconnect() calls most_deregister_interface(), which eventually unregisters the MOST interface device with device_unregister(iface->dev). If that drops the last reference, the device core may call release_mdev() immediately while hdm_disconnect() is still executing. The old code also freed several mdev-owned allocations in hdm_disconnect() and then performed additional put_device() calls. Depending on refcount order, this could lead to use-after-free or double-free when release_mdev() ran (or when unregister paths also performed puts). Fix by moving the frees of mdev-owned allocations into release_mdev(), so they happen exactly once when the device is truly released, and by dropping the extra put_device() calls in hdm_disconnect() that are redundant after device_unregister() and most_deregister_interface(). This addresses the KASAN slab-use-after-free reported by syzbot in hdm_disconnect(). See report and stack traces in the bug link below.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.246, 5.15.196, 6.1.158, 6.6.115, 6.12.56, 6.17.6, 6.18
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-40223
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jh7w-53hp-qjqh
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b5c478f09b1b35e7fe6fc9a1786c9bf6030e831
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/578eb18cd111addec94c43f61cd4b4429e454809
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33daf469f5294b9d07c4fc98216cace9f4f34cc6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72427dc6f87523995f4e6ae35a948bb2992cabce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f93a84ffb884d761a9d4e869ba29c238711e81f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a3b8e89c7201c5b3b76ac4a4069d1adde1477d6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b1270902609ef0d935ed2faa2ea6d122bd148f5
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Sources
- CVE-2025-40223 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-40223 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jh7w-53hp-qjqh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-40223 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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