gpio: cdev: make sure the cdev fd is still active before emitting events
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: cdev: make sure the cdev fd is still active before emitting events With the final call to fput() on a file descriptor, the release action may be deferred and scheduled on a work queue. The reference count of that descriptor is still zero and it must not be used. It's possible that a GPIO change, we want to notify the user-space about, happens AFTER the reference count on the file descriptor associated with the character device went down to zero but BEFORE the .release() callback was called from the workqueue and so BEFORE we unregistered from the notifier. Using the regular get_file() routine in this situation triggers the following warning: struct file::f_count incremented from zero; use-after-free condition present! So use the get_file_active() variant that will return NULL on file descriptors that have been or are being released.
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 6.17.10, 6.18
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2026:4012 Released 2026-03-09 · Red Hat rating Moderatekernel security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) kernel-64k-debug-devel-6.12.0-124.43.1.el10_1, kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-6.12.0-124.43.1.el10_1, kernel-64k-devel-6.12.0-124.43.1.el10_1 +12
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) kernel-6.12.0-124.43.1.el10_1, kernel-64k-6.12.0-124.43.1.el10_1, kernel-64k-core-6.12.0-124.43.1.el10_1 +29
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) kernel-tools-libs-devel-6.12.0-124.43.1.el10_1, libperf-6.12.0-124.43.1.el10_1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10) kernel-rt-6.12.0-124.43.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-64k-6.12.0-124.43.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-64k-core-6.12.0-124.43.1.el10_1 +21
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 10) kernel-rt-6.12.0-124.43.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-core-6.12.0-124.43.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-debug-6.12.0-124.43.1.el10_1 +9
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:4012 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:4012 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:4012 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:4012 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:4012 |
Not affected: 4 products
- 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-2025-40249
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p8p4-x362-gp65
References
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Sources
- CVE-2025-40249 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-40249 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p8p4-x362-gp65 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-40249 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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