Vulnerabilities > CVE-2025-21968 - Use After Free vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Fix slab-use-after-free on hdcp_work [Why] A slab-use-after-free is reported when HDCP is destroyed but the property_validate_dwork queue is still running. [How] Cancel the delayed work when destroying workqueue. (cherry picked from commit 725a04ba5a95e89c89633d4322430cfbca7ce128)
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06acfdef370ae018dad9592369e2d2fd9a40c09e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1397715b011bcdc6ad91b17df7acaee301e89db5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/378b361e2e30e9729f9a7676f7926868d14f4326
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4964dbc4191ab436877a5e3ecd9c67a4e50b7c36
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93d701064e56788663d7c5918fbe5e060d5df587
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bac7b8b1a3f1a86eeec85835af106cbdc2b9d9f7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e65e7bea220c3ce8c4c793b4ba35557f4994ab2b