PCI/pwrctrl: Cancel outstanding rescan work when unregistering

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Summary

CVECVE-2025-38137
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-07-03 09:15:28 UTC
Updated2026-10-21 13:18:09 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI/pwrctrl: Cancel outstanding rescan work when unregistering It's possible to trigger use-after-free here by: (a) forcing rescan_work_func() to take a long time and (b) utilizing a pwrctrl driver that may be unloaded for some reason Cancel outstanding work to ensure it is finished before we allow our data structures to be cleaned up. [bhelgaas: tidy commit log]

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-416

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 6.11 - All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 6.11 rc7 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected 8f62819aaace77dd85037ae766eb767f8c4417ce a63ed775f476ba81558bba24d7538836e1ffb823 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 8f62819aaace77dd85037ae766eb767f8c4417ce b3ad6d23fec23fbef382ce9ea640c37446593cf5 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 8f62819aaace77dd85037ae766eb767f8c4417ce 8b926f237743f020518162c62b93cb7107a2b5eb git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6.11 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.11 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.12.114 6.12.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.15.3 6.15.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.16 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3ad6d23fec23fbef382ce9ea640c37446593cf5 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/a63ed775f476ba81558bba24d7538836e1ffb823 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b926f237743f020518162c62b93cb7107a2b5eb 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
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