platform/chrome: cros_ec_ishtp: Fix UAF after unbinding driver
Priority LOW 22Published · Updated
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: platform/chrome: cros_ec_ishtp: Fix UAF after unbinding driver After unbinding the driver, another kthread `cros_ec_console_log_work` is still accessing the device, resulting an UAF and crash. The driver doesn't unregister the EC device in .remove() which should shutdown sub-devices synchronously. Fix it.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00207 10th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 5.10.248, 5.15.198, 6.1.160 +4
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.248, 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.64, 6.18.3, 6.19
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-2025-68804
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hf3h-7r2q-pcgc
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27037916db38e6b78a0242031d3b93d997b84020
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1da6e399df976dd04c7c73ec008bc81da368a95
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8dc1f5a85286290dbf04dd5951d020570f49779b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/393b8f9bedc7806acb9c47cefdbdb223b4b6164b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4701493ba37654b3c38b526f6591cf0b02aa172f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24a2062257bbdfc831de5ed21c27b04b5bdf2437
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/944edca81e7aea15f83cf9a13a6ab67f711e8abd
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Sources
- CVE-2025-68804 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-68804 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hf3h-7r2q-pcgc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-68804 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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